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  • A Microbiologist Explains Just How Nasty Hot Tubs Can Get

    A Microbiologist Explains Just How Nasty Hot Tubs Can Get

    For many centuries we have bathed in communal waters. Sometimes for cleanliness but more often for pleasure. Indeed, in ancient Greece, baths were taken in freshwater, or sometimes the sea – which was thought of as a sacred place dedicated to local gods and so was considered an act of worship. But it was the…