Neglected pools become breeding grounds for disease in the US | Guardian | 16.4.09
Pool owners and their neighbours may be swatting more mosquitoes this summer as financially strapped homeowners cut swimming-pool maintenance from their budgets. People are turning off pool pumps and filters, buying fewer chemicals and cancelling pool services, mosquito-control officials say. As a result, more pools have turned green and become breeding grounds for mosquitoes, including those that carry West Nile virus.
People are turning off pool pumps and filters, buying fewer chemicals and cancelling pool services, mosquito-control officials say.
As a result, more pools have turned green and become breeding grounds for mosquitoes, including those that carry West Nile virus.
