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Sydney sandpits closed again after Salmonella found
It’s a good thing Hugh Jackman and his trainer work out at Sydney’s Bondi Beach (right, from a couple of days ago) rather than the city’s Northern Beaches, which have again been closed due to...
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Eating beach sand can be messy – at both ends
When it gets hot in Kansas, we go to Florida. We’re leaving in a week, with a little work along the way before we settle into our rental on sexy Venice Beach, Florida. It’s the antithesis of places...
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Cows on a beach
Imagine the levels of E. coli O157 and other Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in that sand for the kiddies to play in. This picture from, axppp/ZUMA Press, shows a herd of cows resting on a beach...
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Going public: anger over ‘lack of warning’ on E. coli at Irish beach
E. coli was detected in the water off of Bettystown beach, Co Meath, where families and young children have been swimming during the warm weather. But locals are furious that the presence of the bug...
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E. coli in beach sand: It happens, but is it a risk?
After surveying popular beaches in Hawaii, researchers from the University of Hawaii found that bacteria love the beach just as much as humans do. Turns out, the sand contained high levels of nasty...
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I miss my hot tub, I miss my sauna, I don’t miss the viruses
From August to September 2014 a water quality study was conducted on five popular public Danube beaches in Vojvodina, Serbia. To assess the safety of Danube water for bathing, physical, chemical,...
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Exposure to Norovirus at the beach
Swimming in fecally-contaminated natural waterbodies can result in gastrointestinal (GI) infections and associated symptoms. However, the pathogenic microorganisms responsible are often unidentified...
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Sydney sandpits closed again after Salmonella found
It’s a good thing Hugh Jackman and his trainer work out at Sydney’s Bondi Beach (right, from a couple of days ago) rather than the city’s Northern Beaches, which have again been closed due to...
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Eating beach sand can be messy – at both ends
When it gets hot in Kansas, we go to Florida. We’re leaving in a week, with a little work along the way before we settle into our rental on sexy Venice Beach, Florida. It’s the antithesis of places...
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Cows on a beach
Imagine the levels of E. coli O157 and other Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in that sand for the kiddies to play in. This picture from, axppp/ZUMA Press, shows a herd of cows resting on a beach...
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Sydney sandpits closed again after Salmonella found
It’s a good thing Hugh Jackman and his trainer work out at Sydney’s Bondi Beach (right, from a couple of days ago) rather than the city’s Northern Beaches, which have again been closed due to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Eating beach sand can be messy – at both ends
When it gets hot in Kansas, we go to Florida. We’re leaving in a week, with a little work along the way before we settle into our rental on sexy Venice Beach, Florida. It’s the antithesis of places...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cows on a beach
Imagine the levels of E. coli O157 and other Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC) in that sand for the kiddies to play in. This picture from, axppp/ZUMA Press, shows a herd of cows resting on a beach...
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