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MDEQ issues water contact advisories for Coast beaches
2014-06-04 15:56:02| Waste Management - Topix.net
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST - The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality , through its Beach Monitoring Program, issued water contact advisories for five Coast sampling stations.
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Drought: The Unlikely Solution to Cleaner Beaches
2014-05-22 23:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Ironically, one upside to the recent California drought is that it has resulted in cleaner and healthier water for beachgoers, a new report says. Some 95 percent of California beaches earned A or B grades for water quality during the summer of 2013 - a 2 percent improvement from the previous year - according to the annual Beach Report Card released Thursday by the environmental group called Heal the Bay. SFGate reported that the record-low rainfall means less dangerous bacteria and other pathogens...
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Advisories lifted on three Coast beaches by MDEQ
2014-04-24 19:23:17| Waste Management - Topix.net
HANCOCK COUNTY and HARRISON COUNTY - The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality , through its Beach Monitoring Program, has lifted three water contact advisories for three beach monitoring stations.
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United Kingdom: Record number radioactive particles found beaches near Sellafield
2014-04-20 19:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A record number of radioactive hotspots have been found contaminating public beaches near the Sellafield nuclear complex in Cumbria, according to a report by the site's operator. As many as 383 radioactive particles and stones were detected and removed from seven beaches in 2010-11, bringing the total retrieved since 2006 to 1,233. Although Sellafield insists that the health risks for beach users are "very low", there are concerns that some potentially dangerous particles may remain undetected...
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4 Saipan beaches red-flagged
2014-04-20 19:08:57| Waste Management - Topix.net
The Division of Environmental Quality has red-flagged four Saipan beaches and is advising the public not to fish or swim within 300 feet of these locations for the next 48 hours or until otherwise notified.
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