Dirtiest beaches in U.S.

“Dirtiest beaches in U.S.” after reading this article my wish to go to beaches in California almost got vanished. Leigh Coleman, the author of this article, warns the readers that before they take their family to the beaches this summer, they should take a look at the new report released Thursday revealing some of the nation’s most popular vacation spots as repeat offenders when it comes to pollution and human feces contamination – it may change some travel plans. I would definitely agree with the author. The pollution everywhere is just increasing and increasing, but let’s just concentrates on the dirty beaches today. The author states that the “Pollution from sewage, serious contamination – including oil, human feces, animal waste, and storm water runoff – continue to plague America’s beaches, which saw multiple closing and advisory days, according to the report issued by the Natural Resources Defense Council.” Also, several popular beaches in California, Florida, and Texas made the alarming list of the “dirtiest beaches for 2011”, according to Coleman. So, I suppose they use to be great place to be at, but not anymore. Coleman gives us the list of the beaches that have been polluted and became the dirtiest beaches in the U.S. in 2011. He says the list is an important one because swimming in contaminated beach waters can cause serious illnesses including vomiting, diarrhea, eye infections and a host of other health problems, according to the U.S. Department of Health. Then Coleman stated that, “Beach water pollution nationwide causes a range of waterborne illnesses in swimmers including stomach flu, skin rashes, pinkeye, ear, nose and throat problems, dysentery, hepatitis, respiratory ailments, neurological disorders and other serious health problems the report [which was releases Thursday] said. Then at the end the author points out that, “For senior citizens, small children and people with weak immune systems, the results can be fatal.” I agree with Coleman on that one, so we should be extra care full with where we take the children and senior citizen these days, not just beaches. We have hundreds of choices for beaches in U.S. on where we can take our family this summer, so we just have to be care full we don’t pick the fifteen beaches the report pointed out.

The list of the beaches are as follows according to the article: 1. California: Avalon Beach in Los Angeles County; 2. Avalon Beach – Near Busy B Café; 3. Avalon Beach – North of GP Pier; 4. Avalon Beach – South of GP Pier; 5. California: Cabrillo Beach Station in Los Angeles County; 6. California: Doheny State Beach in Orange County; 7. Doheny State Beach – North of San Juan Creek; 8. Doheny State Beach – Surf Zone at Outfall; 9. Florida: Keaton Beach in Taylor County; 10. Illinois: North Point Marina North Beach in Lake County; 11. New Jersey: Beachwood Beach West in Ocean County; 12. Ohio: Villa Angela State Park in Cuyahoga County; 13. Texas: Ropes Park in Nueces County; 14. Wisconsin: Eichelman beach in Kenosha County; 15. Wisconsin: South Shore Beach in Milwaukee”

The link to the article: http://www.christianpost.com/news/report-dirtiest-beaches-in-the-us-51740/