Urgent summer health warning to anyone with a hot tub
WHETHER you're basking in rays here in the UK or jetting off somewhere hot, lounging in a hot tub seems like a luxurious way to wind down.A holiday dip in the hot tub could put you at risk of a sometimes deadly diseaseAccording to the, you can get Legionnaires' disease if you breathe in tiny droplets of water containing bacteria that causes the infection.
It's not just hot tubs the bug is lurking in - it can populate 'almost anything', according to Dr Simon Clarke, a microbiologist at the University of Reading, including air condition units, taps and showers. "It’s even been found in car washer bottles filled with tap water instead of detergent windscreen washer," Dr Clarke told
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