what constitutes safe swimming water. as a matter of fact beaches surveyed had particle levels of disease putting swimmers at risk of pink eye and stomach flu. how do you know if your favorite beach is safe? joining me now is the proper 23esor and director of the lab for coastal research, dr. beach. welcome back. good to see you. my pleasure. hire is a map. we are looking at the 17 dirtiest beaches of the report of referevery coast. we are not seeing along the gulf which is surprising. how does the agency mop tore these waters? the county health department are the ones that collect the data. it is based on bacteria in e. coaly and fresh water. they look at the number of colonies. the problem with the test sing how they collect the samples and send it to the lab and takes day or so getting results back. if you get a spike in these
holidays then you have to test it again. it is a long delay. that s one of the problems we are having. there is a dipstick test. it takes a couple of hours. i m hoping epa is able to that soon because to me, that s one of the big problems. we close beaches and may get a spike because of sea gull will and droppings in the water. that s enough to close a beach. that was just one sea gull. i don t know, this testing is problemate pick. i know in our d.c. trying to do a good job in epa. one out of ten beach necessary the united states are not polluted, not dirty. i have been to every beach in the united states many times and never had any illness whatsoever. i know there are problems. sure. i m glad you haven t experienced any troubles but there are those that have. for those who have where does the pollution come from? is it all human? environmental? where is it coming from? biggest problem is when you
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rip kur rents a big concern as thousands head to the beach along the east coast this weekend. rip currents were triggered by hurricane arthur which is now a tropical storm. we have more on the warnings. looks like a hefty beach with waves in and the like. reporter: dangerous enough that officials are issuing red-flag warnings up and down the coast following hurricane arthur. he blew out of here quickly. he left behind a hidden danger. the waves crashing here right on the shore, creating conditions that are just ripe for these very powerful rip currents.