From the 1930s to the 1970s, barrels amounting to thousands of tons of chemicals were dumped off the coast of Los Angeles. It was an assault on the environment that would continue to unfold for decades to come, and worse still, we weren’t even sure what was inside the barrels. For a long time we thought it was the carcinogenic …
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OGUNQUIT, Maine — Thousands of Americans will head to beaches for one last summer splash this Labor Day weekend, but taking a dip might be out of the question: Many of the beaches will caution against swimming because of unsafe levels of fecal contamination. Beaches from Crystal River, Florida, to Ogunquit, Maine, have been under advisories warning about water quality …
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Beaches along the Southern California coast are being closed as a safety precaution as the state deals with a tsunami advisory following an 8.8 earthquake near Russia. Orange County Vice Chair Katrina Foley announced the county is closing all O.C. Parks-managed beaches, including Capo Beach, Salt Creek Beach, and Baby Beach. “Under advisory protocol, the County deployed additional park rangers …
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