NY Park Hurts Visitor's GI System

Public parks seem to be dangerous places this summer. If the alligator in LA's Machado Lake wasn't enough to scare you indoors, the NY Times reported today that a public water playground at Seneca Lake State Park has made nearly a thousand New York residents sick. Oddly enough, the sickness was not a reaction to pre-teens in their ill-fitting bathing suits (such an awkward stage), but from a water supply tainted with a bacteria called cryptosporidiosis, or "crypto" for bacteria buffs. The 'Times said the bacteria is known to be one of the most frequent causes of traveler's diarrhea. So I guess the food at Tono Sushi, located in DC's Woodley Park neighborhood, isn't the only thing that will make your bum explode...water parks can do it too!