Environment America Research & Policy Center: 61% of US Beaches Tested Had Potentially Unsafe Contamination Levels in 2024
July 17, 2025
July 17, 2025
WASHINGTON, July 17 (TNSrep) -- Environment America Research and Policy Center issued the following news release:
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61% of US beaches tested had potentially unsafe contamination levels in 2024
Sewage pollution may put families and water athletes at risk when they head to the beach this summer, found a report released on July 8th. In 2024, 453 of U.S. coastal and Great Lakes beaches were potentially unsafe for swimming on at least 25 percent of days test . . .
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61% of US beaches tested had potentially unsafe contamination levels in 2024
Sewage pollution may put families and water athletes at risk when they head to the beach this summer, found a report released on July 8th. In 2024, 453 of U.S. coastal and Great Lakes beaches were potentially unsafe for swimming on at least 25 percent of days test . . .