PrinceAlbert
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Sad but true:
• Beaches at Doheny, Malibu, Marina del Rey, Cabrillo and Las Tunas had the worst water quality; Newport, Hermosa, Abalone Cove, Manhattan, Torrance and Bolsa Chica had the best.
• The three beaches with the lowest incidence of gastrointestinal illness were San Clemente's city beach, Nichols Canyon and Las Tunas, largely due to a smaller number of visitors.
• Cleaning up storm water runoff, the chief cause of dirty ocean water in Southern California, would save $13 million to $28 million in annual health costs, and prevent 394,000 to 804,000 gastrointestinal cases.
California has spent an estimated $51 million on 66 projects in the past six years under its Clean Beaches Initiative--and 1.5 million still becomes sick every year.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060719/ap_on_sc/beach_bacteria
• Beaches at Doheny, Malibu, Marina del Rey, Cabrillo and Las Tunas had the worst water quality; Newport, Hermosa, Abalone Cove, Manhattan, Torrance and Bolsa Chica had the best.
• The three beaches with the lowest incidence of gastrointestinal illness were San Clemente's city beach, Nichols Canyon and Las Tunas, largely due to a smaller number of visitors.
• Cleaning up storm water runoff, the chief cause of dirty ocean water in Southern California, would save $13 million to $28 million in annual health costs, and prevent 394,000 to 804,000 gastrointestinal cases.
California has spent an estimated $51 million on 66 projects in the past six years under its Clean Beaches Initiative--and 1.5 million still becomes sick every year.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060719/ap_on_sc/beach_bacteria
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