Factoid/2005/10/25
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Public Not Well Informed about the Health of Our Beaches
- "Very little information is designed to inform the public about the health of our beaches. In many cases a wealth of technical and scientific data exists for specific beach sites around the nation as "gray literature" in academic journals or studies that line the bookshelves of coastal zone management offices. This information may help professionals make policy decisions. However, it is often not made available to the public or it is not written in a way that is easily understood by the average citizen. This lack of public education is alarming. It leaves the public without an adequate understanding about how government policies and decisions affect beach health and severely limits their ability to ensure that public interests are considered equitably in the decision-making process." - excerpt from Surfrider Foundation's STATE OF THE BEACH 2005 Report web page at http://www.surfrider.org/stateofthebeach/08-fc/body.asp?sub=EducationandOutreach
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