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Possible cut to beach testing a health threat, critics say

By Darryl Fears

 |  Washington Post  

  March 04, 2012

The average citizen visits a coastal shore, Great Lake, or river about 10 days a year. But about 3.5 million Americans each year get sick after splashing in water containing harmful bacteria, according to an Environmental Protection Agency estimate. This is why environmentalists are criticizing the Obama administration’s proposal this month to cut all funding for states to monitor contamination at beaches starting in 2013.

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