Simplify the following text for a Grade 12 native English-speaking person.
Original: The infection is commonly transmitted to humans by allowing fresh water that has been contaminated by animal urine ( often from rats ) to come in contact with unhealed breaks in the skin , eyes or with the mucous membranes .
Simplified: The infection is commonly transmitted to humans by allowing water that has been contaminated by animal urine to come in contact with unhealed breaks in the skin , the eyes , or with the mucous membranes .