More than half of the beaches are polluted with poo and there is a risk of getting sick when swimming


By

rozum

The swimming season in which you can swim in the sea during the year is limited to hot summer. Therefore, I think that many people buy new bathing suits and go out to the sea with their family and friends in summer, but it is clear from the latest research that most of such seas are contaminated with feces. According to the research institute, the number of reports of infectious diseases caused by water play at the seaside increases to 57 million cases every year.

Safe for swimming? | Environment America
https://environmentamerica.org/feature/ame/safe-swimming

Feces & flesh-eating bacteria: Study revivals shocking levels of contamination at America's beaches — RT USA News
https://www.rt.com/usa/464874-shocking-contamination-america-beaches/

The United States environmental group Environment America announced the findings that most of the beach is polluted by feces. The organization surveys the water quality along 29 coasts of the United States and 4523 places of the Great Lakes , and investigates the extent to which pathogens such as bacteria are contained. As a result of the survey, more than half of the coasts and lakes were below one of the standard values of ' Beach Action Value (BAV) ', which indicates the amount of bacteria in water at the time of water play specified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. About 3.2% of people may get sick if they play with water in this environment for 1 day. In fact, in the United States, as many as 57 million cases of 'infections thought to be caused by water play' are reported annually.


By

haveseen

The pie chart below shows Environment America's visualization of 'the percentage of waterfronts that are at risk of getting sick if you play with water in a day.' The Gulf Coast along the Gulf Coast in the south of the United States is particularly heavily polluted, with 85% of the waters being potentially dangerous. 75% of the Great Lakes (the Great Lakes), 67% of the West Coast (the west coast) and 48% of the East Coast (the east coast) do not seem to be suitable for watering.



Environment America believes that sewage discharged from urban areas, domestic wastewater, and livestock drainage is the main cause of water pollution, and the diseases caused by bacteria detected this time are gastroenteritis and respiratory diseases. , Eye infections, skin rashes and so on. In addition, in the United States, it is said that 'cannibal bacteria' and '

brain eating amoeba ' that cause highly fatal diseases such as necrotizing fasciitis and primary amebic meningoencephalitis are lurking in water. Outside the scope of the inspection, the risk is unknown. However, on June 9, 2019, it was confirmed that a 12-year-old girl who was swimming in Florida was infected with necrotizing fasciitis, and on July 10, swimming in Florida. It has been reported that older men who had been infected with necrotizing fasciitis and died 48 hours later.


Also, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), swimming in the pool can be transmitted by parasites.

Swims in disinfected pools can also be transmitted by pathogenic parasites-GIGAZINE



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