URL to access the USATODAY article entitled "Microbes putting more beachgoers at risk, group finds" - fyi

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/2007-08-07-beaches-water
_N.htm

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.
The Natural Resources Defense Council's annual "Testing the Waters"
guide portrays the nation's favorite beaches as increasingly susceptible
to contamination from storm water runoff, sewage spills and other
sources of pollution.

"We are still not doing everything possible to protect the public," said
Nancy Stoner, director of NRDC's Clean Water Project. "Pollutants
continue to foul our waters, threatening human and ecological health."

The NRDC report, to be released Tuesday, analyzed data collected by
state and local government officials and compiled by the federal
Environmental Protection Agency.

The report, considered the most authoritative analysis of government
testing at ocean and freshwater beaches, shows just how vulnerable
beaches are to pollutants flushed through storm pipes, many of which
empty directly into the ankle-deep water where children play.
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