Federal, state officials clash over policy for warning beachgoers of bacterial contamination. ow.ly/yCWL2 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awards grants to states in the Great Lakes region and along the ocean coasts to test beach waters for fecal bacteria. EPA wants state, tribal and local governments to use tougher standards this year for triggering warnings that the contamination has reached unsafe levels. In some places, those advisories lead to beach closures.
Posted on: Tue, 01 Jul 2014 02:00:00 +0000
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