Topic
Bathing Beaches
About: Bathing Beaches is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 145 publications have been published within this topic receiving 3767 citations.
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TL;DR: Preliminary data show that wet freshwater beach sand is a reservoir of fecal indicator bacteria, and enterococci were most numerous in the 5-10 cm sand stratum and E. coli in the 0-5 cm stratum.
360 citations
TL;DR: This study documents for the first time the presence of small-plastic debris on Hawaiian beaches and corroborates estimates of the abundance of plastics in the marine environment in the North Pacific.
327 citations
TL;DR: This review will focus on the existent knowledge and research gaps, and identify the possible consequences of plastic-associated microbes on human health, the spread of infectious diseases and bathing water quality.
312 citations
22 Dec 2006
TL;DR: The classification of deficiencies contributing to WBDOs has been revised to reflect the categories of concerns associated with contamination at or in the source water, treatment facility, or distribution system (SWTD) that are under the jurisdiction of water utilities, versus those at points not under a water utility or at the point of water use (NWU/POU), which includes commercially bottled water.
243 citations
TL;DR: It was observed that the symptom rates, categorized as gastrointestinal (GI), respiratory, "other", and "disabling" (stayed home, stayed in bed, consulted a physician), were higher among swimmers than nonswimmers.
Abstract: Findings are described from the second year of an epidemiological-microbiological study conducted at New York City beaches as part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency program to develop health effects-recreational water quality criteria. Symptomatology rates among swimmers (defined as immersion of the head in the water) relative to nonswimming but beach-going controls at a "barely acceptable" (BA) beach and a "relatively unpolluted" (RU) beach were examined. Data were collected by contacting family groups at the beach on weekends, obtaining information on bathing activity, and then questioning them by phone some 8--10 days later. In addition measurements were made for a number of potential water quality indicators. It was observed that the symptom rates, categorized as gastrointestinal (GI), respiratory, "other", and "disabling" (stayed home, stayed in bed, consulted a physician), were higher among swimmers than nonswimmers. As in the pretest conducted the previous year, the rate of GI symptoms wa...
191 citations
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| Year | Papers |
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| 2021 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2017 | 7 |
| 2016 | 4 |