Key West recently had beach closings. Bird waste is part of the problem. Mostly from all the wild chickens running around. The other part may be from dirty Gulf water contaminated from human waste. Professional fishermen are getting very nasty infections in any open cuts on their hands/feet and cellulites (spelling?) elsewhere. Jim et al ----- Original Message ----- From: "WhiteRabbit" <whiterabbit_at_empowering.com> He also reported that a significant portion of the > e-coli was from birds. They have had several e-coli beach closings this > summer when there had been no known sewage releases. > > In many cases public health warnings are to protect the most frail, and ward > off law suits. It is worthwhile to dig a little deeper into why the beach > closings. Was there an actual sewage release in the immediate area? If > not the risk probably is not that much higher than everyday paddling for > people with normal immune systems. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Aug 20 2002 - 12:59:19 PDT
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