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Article: "Baywatch" Star Heads at Capitol Hill Urge Final Passage of Beach-Goer Protection Bill
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- The Italian Voice
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- July 27, 2000
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Italian Voice, The
07-27-2000
"Baywatch" Star Heads at Capitol Hill Urge Final Passage of Beach-Goer
Protection Bill
Is the water at your favorite beach contaminated? Would you be told if it
was? Sewage spills and polluted runoff plague runoff plague many of our
coastal communities each year and put public health and safety at risk.
Yet, only 10 states test their beach waters regularly for disease-causing
microorganisms: Those that do monitor beach water quality often fail to
alert the public when beach waters are too polluted for recreation. In
April, a U.S. Senate committee overwhelmingly passed two versions of the
BEACH bill, which calls for national, health-based beach water quality
standards ...