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Swimmers, beware of bacteria.
Beaches across the country closed or posted warnings to swimmers a record number of times last year because of high levels of harmful bacteria, evidence communities should do more to keep vacation beaches clean and safe, according to a national environmental group. Poughkeepsie Journal, New York. 7 August 2007.
States get creative to reduce bacteria levels in beach water.
States are trying a variety of strategies to protect swimmers' health. Gannett News Service. 7 August 2007.
Beach water testing always comes too late.
Millions of Americans playing in the surf at the nation's beaches this summer have no idea whether harmful microbes are floating in the water with them. Gannett News Service. 7 August 2007.
Microbes in water putting more beachgoers at risk, group finds.
Beaches across the country closed or posted warnings to swimmers a record number of times last year because of high levels of harmful bacteria, evidence that communities should do more to keep vacation beaches clean and safe, according to a national environmental group. USA Today. 7 August 2007.
States get creative to reduce bacteria levels in beach water.
States are trying a variety of strategies to protect swimmers' health. Among them: New testing methods Gannett News Service. 7 August 2007.
Beach water testing always comes too late.
Millions of Americans playing in the surf at the nation's beaches this summer have no idea whether harmful microbes are floating in the water with them. Gannett News Service. 7 August 2007.
Studies show more tainted beaches.
Ontario Beach is in the state's top 10 for beach closures, according to a report by an environmental watchdog group. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, New York. 7 August 2007.
Jersey Shore surf mostly safe for swimming.
When the skies open up, polluted water gushes into the ocean from the Wreck Pond outfall in southern Monmouth County. Gannett News Service. 7 August 2007.
Delaware beaches avoid pollution problems.
In a year when a record number of beaches were closed to swimmers across the country, Delaware's oceanfront continued its string of summers without pollution-related swimming bans. Wilmington News Journal, Delaware. 7 August 2007.
Come on in, the water's clean.
But surfers such as Greg Gordon still wonder how much wastewater escapes undetected from septic tanks and sewage plants on the beachside and the cruise ships that head out to sea from Port Canaveral. Melbourne Florida Today, Florida. 7 August 2007.
The beach is open, so the swimming's fine, right?
Millions of Americans playing in the surf at the nation's beaches have no idea whether harmful microbes are floating in the water with them. Tallahassee Democrat, Florida. 7 August 2007.
New signs to warn beach swimmers.
The Florida Department of Health is distributing new signs to counties for posting beach swimming advisories. Tallahassee Democrat, Florida. 7 August 2007.
Bacteria levels continue to keep beachgoers dry.
Swimmers and beachgoers in Sheboygan and Manitowoc counties have seen another year of closing and advisory signs posted on Lake Michigan because of harmful levels of bacteria in the water in the first half of the 2007 season-- a trend that follows last year. Green Bay Press-Gazette, Wisconsin. 7 August 2007.
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