Coming from Hawaii, the amount of beach pollution here in Southern California always astounds me. According to a new report by the Natural Resources Defense Council (reported by the L.A. Times), beach closures and health advisories due to water pollution were up 60% last year in L.A. County.
News was better in Orange County, where incidents last year declined by 20%.
Writes the paper: Los Angeles County led California last year with 1,459 closures and advisories, followed by Orange County with 1,329, San Diego County with 896 and Ventura County with 720.
"Even during the summer months, many Southern California beach-goers are faced with a lousy choice," said Anjali Jaiswal, a Defense Council attorney. "They can swim, surf and dive in bacteria-infested waters and risk getting sick, or they can stay out of the ocean."
Hmm, yeah. I'll stick with rollerblading at the beach, thank you.
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