Swimmers beware: water at some U.S. beaches may make you sick

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Swimmers beware: water at some U.S. beaches may make you sick

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/swimmers-beware-water-u-beaches-may-sick-192933975.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/kxqyyetTigi0u2ifo6_4Gw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-06-26T192933Z_1_LYNXMPEA5P0X9_RTROPTP_2_TRAVEL-SANDIEGOBEACHES.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Beach homes line the shoreline in the San Diego North County town of Del Mar" align="left" title="Beach homes line the shoreline in the San Diego North County town of Del Mar" border="0" /></a>Every summer millions of American families head for beaches, but few stop to think of the possibility that the water they swim in may harbor enough bacteria to cause stomach flu and a host of other illnesses. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) found that 10 percent of water quality samples collected from nearly 3,500 coastal and Great Lakes beaches in 2013 contained levels of harmful bacteria that exceeded &quot;safe to swim&quot; thresholds recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency. &quot;Too many people get sick when they go in the water,&quot; said Steve Fleischli, NRDC water program director.</p><br clear="all"/>

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