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As long arcs of chlorinated water rained down onto his parents’ and neighbors’ roofs and yards, he resolved to stand his ground until the last moment:

DB, a slacker pool cleaner with eyes the same cerulean shade as the chlorinated body of water he tends to with an almost religious ecstasy.

It was the end-of-school pool party—at Max’s pool, of course—and Max felt that glow that comes from spending a full day in sunshine and chlorinated water.

POPs include chlorinated hydrocarbons and flame retardants, and can accumulate in animals' fat stores as the contaminants move up the food chain though a process called biomagnification.

Park officials are collecting more sampling to figure out the source of the bacteria and are also chlorinating water in the area again.