Pools pose holiday health threat to bathers

IRISH holiday-makers could be putting their health at risk by swimming in pools at some of Europe’s most popular resorts.

Tests carried out at 80 pools in Majorca and Corfu show that most of them are unfit to swim in and one in four poses a serious health hazard. The pools are used mostly by Irish and British holiday-makers.

Researchers from the Consumers Association in Britain carried out the survey for Holiday Which? magazine. They found that the water in many pools was heavily contaminated. Just two were given a clean bill of health.