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Thursday February 22 7:02 PM ET Human Waste Polluting California Beaches

By Keith Mulvihill

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Human waste is flowing into the waters off Southern California's beaches, posing a potential health risk to the millions who surf, swim and dive in the region each year, researchers report.

The scientists say the results of their study, which detected human viruses in the water off beaches from Malibu to the Mexican border, ''call for both a reevaluation of our current recreational water quality standards and monitoring of recreational waters for human viruses on a regular basis.'' Most of the time, monitoring tests look for human intestinal bacteria, not viruses.

For more: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010222/hl/ pollution_1.html
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