Feel like diving into some sewage overflow? --->A day at the beach can be hazardous to your health, researchers say. About 10% of Americas beaches failed a new federal benchmark for what constitutes safe swimming water in the past year, according to the Natural Resources Defense Councils 24th annual beach report. Nearly 3,500 water quality samples were collected from beaches along the East and West Coast as well as the Great Lakes, and one in 10 failed to pass the new Environmental Protection Agency water safety standard, which the NRDC used to evaluate beaches for the first time in 2013. Even with the new standard, the portion of polluted U.S. beaches is about the same as in 2012 when the old standard was in place.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 18:02:47 +0000