Flip through the latest issue of Gulf Weekly.
ONE expat mum was so proud that her daughter had passed her driving test with flying colours. However, she wasn’t so pleased to find that her car had received its Bahrain blessing less than 24-hours later after she took it for a spin!
It’s quite easy to neglect the fact that Bahrain is not normal. And no, I’m not talking about the fact that driving anywhere on the weekend is about as stressful as riding on a roller-coaster set on fire … or that we have a waterpark parked directly on top of an air-conditioned shopping mall.
Let’s be honest, it’s the tax-free earningsthat entice most expats to up-sticks and move to Bahrain.
Looking forward to that summer swim as soon as the weather heats up? You may have to rethink those plans after reading the latest research on swimming pools.
Researchers studying urine levels in pools have discovered just how high the levels are, and the results are not pretty, according to an article recently published.
Apparently a university has developed a test to measure the amount of urine and took more than 250 samples from 31 pools and hot tubs in two cities.
The results showed one 830,000-litre pool, which is about one-third of an Olympic-sized pool, had 75 litres of urine while another smaller pool had 30 litres.
Although urine itself is sterile, its presence in swimming pools is a public health concern because urine can mix with pool chemicals to harm swimmers’ health, according to the study.
Remind me to keep my mouth closed the next time I dive into the compound pool!
C. Parsons, by email.
