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Study: Sticking to the sand might not be such good, clean fun for beachgoers

08-07-2007 · EurekAlert!

Microbes that result in beach closures and health advisories when detected at unsafe levels in the ocean also have been detected in the sand, according to a study by Stanford University scientists.The study found that sand at beaches all along the California coast contained some level of fecal indicator bacteria. At one popular beach in Monterey, Calif., they found evidence of human waste -- raising doubt about the commonly held belief that some fecal indictor bacteria occur naturally in the sand and are therefore benign.

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