Massive size of cruiseliners a safety risk
January 15, 2012
| AFP
Stricken luxury liner Costa Concordia may have been big enough to house swimming pools and restaurants but its very size might have complicated evacuation and rescue efforts,...
Pool chlorine tied to lung damage in elite swimmers
January 11, 2012
| Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Competitive swimmers who train at indoor chlorinated swimming pools may have lung changes similar to those seen in people with mild asthma, a new...
Swimming pools dry up after draining city budgets
May 30, 2011
| AP
On those summer days when the temperature soars into the 90s and the haze blurs the horizon, city pools across the U.S. have beckoned people from all over to take a cool dip. But...
Massive heat wave spreads across United States
July 21, 2011
| Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crowds flocked to waterfronts and swimming pools on the East Coast and in the Midwest on Thursday to try to cope with a massive heat wave that has killed at...
Record- breaking heatwave smothers eastern US
July 23, 2011
| AFP
Residents of the Eastern and Central United States braced for another day of scorching heat Saturday as record-breaking temperatures forced Americans to seek refuge in swimming pools ...
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A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest and deepest is the Olympic-size swimming pool. A pool can be built either above or in the ground, and from materials such as concrete (also known as gunite), metal, plastic or fiberglass. The innovation of a composite construction of fibreglass, with an epoxy coating and porcelain ceramic tiles has led to the Pre-form, Composite-type with significant advantages over older methods; however, it also has increased...
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