Swim Restrictions Are Eased for Toddlers

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Although children in diapers are still banned from public swimming pools in 21 counties in Utah, toddlers who are potty- trained can dive back in -- just in time for fall swimming lessons.

The Utah Department of Health and local health departments on Tuesday eased restrictions aimed to combat a statewide, severe outbreak of cryptosporidium. In late August, public health officials decided to tackle the fecal-borne parasitic illness, which causes severe diarrhea, by mandating that all toddlers under age 5 stay out of public pools.

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Swim Restrictions Are Eased for Toddlers

"Those kids under 5 are the most in danger of having an accident in the water and of swallowing water and getting sick,...

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