Should I shower after going to a waterpark?

Here's why you should always shower, with soap, before and after recreational water activities. In swimming pools, hot-tubs, and water parks, chlorine is used to kill and oxidize harmful bacteria and germs such as E-coli. Chlorine is a highly effective disinfectant.



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