Category: Environment
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3 Nassau County Beaches Closed Due to Elevated Bacteria Levels | Eyewitness News ABC7NY
Theodore Roosevelt Beach in Oyster Bay, Laurel Hollow Beach in Laurel Hollow and Philip Healey Beach in Massapequa are all off-limits to swimmers.
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Swim Advisory in Place at Park Lake Beach Due to E. Coli | FOX 47 News
Swimmers advised to avoid Park Lake due to E. coli contamination.
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Harmful Algal Blooms Close Swim Area at NJ State Park | NJ Spotlight News
The swim area at Spruce Run Reservoir’s state park is fenced and closed off to swimmers because of persistent Harmful Algal Blooms, or HABs in the water.
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WWF-Canada: A Swimming Experiment
You wouldn’t swim in a pool filled with toilet water, contaminated grey water and toxic washwater from heavy fuel oil exhaust gas cleaning systems on ships. So why should wildlife in Canada’s marine protected areas live in it?
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Lewis Pugh | World Oceans Day 2021
What action can you take today to save our oceans? On this World Oceans Day, Lewis Pugh took a dip with some Cape Fur Seals off the tip of Africa near Cape Town. During his swim, the UN Patron of the Oceans asks us to consider our impact on oceans and what we can do…
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Officials Are Warning Swimmers of a Health Advisory for 3 Anne Arundel Beaches | WJZ
Health officials are warning swimmers to avoid 3 Anne Arundel beaches following a wastewater spill in Glen Burnie.
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How Tourism Can Keep Coastlines Clean | UN Environment Programme
On the Kenyan coast, the Watamu Marine Association has developed a business model that keeps beaches clean, bringing together local communities and the tourism industry to collect, repurpose and recycle plastic waste. This small-scale circular economy has big potential and can be replicated anywhere in the world there is a coastal tourism industry, restoring coastlines…
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No Swim Warning Issued After Sewage Spill in Biscayne Bay
Miami-Dade County has posted no-swim signage in certain areas following a sewage spill in Biscayne Bay.