Iconic LA beach is one of California's dirtiest, with bathers warned its waters risk giving them a painful rash or diarrhea

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Iconic LA beach is one of California's dirtiest, with bathers warned its waters risk giving them a painful rash or diarrhea (www.dailymail.com)

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>California's iconic Santa Monica Pier may be a glamorous backdrop for tourists and television sets, but behind the picturesque scenes hides a dirty secret about the beach's cleanliness. The famous Los Angeles beach ranked second in a new report analyzing bacterial pollution, trailing behind Playa Blanca beach, which is heavily impacted by transboundary wastewater flows. Heal the Bay, an organization dedicated to making bacterial monitoring more accessible, identified the 10 worst beaches in California for chronic pollution.

Archive: https://archive.today/WS1bT From the post: >>California's iconic Santa Monica Pier may be a glamorous backdrop for tourists and television sets, but behind the picturesque scenes hides a dirty secret about the beach's cleanliness. The famous Los Angeles beach ranked second in a new report analyzing bacterial pollution, trailing behind Playa Blanca beach, which is heavily impacted by transboundary wastewater flows. Heal the Bay, an organization dedicated to making bacterial monitoring more accessible, identified the 10 worst beaches in California for chronic pollution.