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Faeces, urine and sweat – just how gross are hot tubs? A microbiologist explains

By Primrose Freestone, Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology, University of Leicester
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 Romans who created state-sponsored aqueducts to allow for large-scale public baths. These were…The Conversation


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