Factoid/2001/08/14
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It's Outrageous
- "We're seeing a much more realistic picture of the beach water pollution problem now that more states are monitoring and reporting, but we haven't turned the corner on identifying the sources of pollution and preventing them in the first place," said Sarah Chasis, an NRDC senior attorney and director of the organization's water and coastal program. "It's outrageous that more than half of the time local authorities didn't know where all the pollution was coming from when they had to close a beach or post an advisory." (Excerpt from the Natural Resources Defense Council's web summary of "Testing the Waters 2001" at http://www.nrdc.org/media/pressreleases/010808.asp)
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