A form of antibiotic-resistant staphylococcus bacteria has been found on five beaches in Washington state. Worse, scientists believe the state is not the only one with this problem.
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New effort by EPA will use various means to protect beaches in New York and New Jersey to ensure the public may have safe and healthy beach vacations during the summer holiday season.
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Hawaii's Hanalei Bay Beach has been recognized the best beach already the second year in a row. The list of the criteria on which the best beach list is compiled includes 50 points and Hanalei Bay is on the top this year.
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Caladesi Island State Park in the St. Petersburg and Clearwater area is named America's Top Beach for 2008 by Coastal expert Dr. Stephen Leatherman, a.k.a. "Dr. Beach."
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Overall, statewide water quality was above average this past season due primarily to record-low rainfall. Los Angeles County has 7 of the 10 most polluted beaches in California, led by a dramatic drop in water quality in the Long Beach area.
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Marine turtles almost always return to the same beach to lay their eggs. The egg-laying sites are often far from the feeding areas and the females cross several hundred kilometers of ocean with no visual landmarks.
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