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WHO issues first aquatic safety guidelines.(HEALTH PROTOCOLS)(World Health Organization)(Brief article)
The World Health Organization has published comprehensive health and safety guidelines for swimming pools and hot tubs--the first international standard of its kind.
The document, "Guidelines for Safe Recreational Water: Swimming Pools and Similar Environments," took more than 10 years to develop and involved the participation of more than 60 experts from 20 countries.
"We're seeing an ever-greater use of rivers, lakes, pools, spas and other bathing facilities in both developing and developed countries," said Dr. Maria Neira, director of WHO's Department of Public Health and the Environment. "Unfortunately, the benefits are tempered by rising rates of death, injury and disease associated with their use."
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