culture: beaches California polluted beaches pollution
by chewbacca
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Most Polluted Beaches in California
If you are a Bay Area surfer, you will be relieved to see that none of your spots made it into the top 10 McNasty CA beaches.
From a study done by the organization, Heal the Bay, the top 10 most polluted beaches in the Golden State:
1. Avalon Harbor Beach on Catalina Island (Los Angeles County)
2. Cabrillo Beach harborside (Los Angeles County)
3. Pismo Beach Pier (San Luis Obispo County)
4. Colorado Lagoon (Los Angeles County)
5. Santa Monica Municipal Pier (Los Angeles County)
6. City of Long Beach at Los Angeles River outlet (Los Angeles County)
7. Poche Beach (Orange County)
8. Surfrider Beach at Malibu Creek (Los Angeles County)
9. Campbell Cove State Park Beach (Sonoma County)
10. Doheny Beach at San Juan Creek (Orange County)
Excerpt re: San Francisco County’s beaches,
” San Francisco exhibited excellent water quality … All beaches except Baker Beach at Lobos Creek received A grades… Baker Beach
at Lobos Creek was the one exception. Multiple coliform and enterococcus exceedances in late July and most of August contributed to the low
summer and year-round dry weather grade for this location.”
Note that Baker Beach is the only clothing optional beach in SF…coincidence?
gross.
the full study can be found here.
health: air quality american lung association environment health pollution state of the air
by chewbacca
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State of the Air
Using data compiled from state air quality monitors for over the past 10 years,
the American Lung Association publishes an annual State of the Air report. At the bottom of the list this year is L.A. (shocking!) where it has sat for many, many years now. Fargo, North Dakota was at the top of the list, with bragging rights to being the cleanest city (air-wise). Apparently more than half of our great nation’s population (about 186 million people) live in areas with dangerously high levels of air pollution (ozone, particulate matter, etc). That’s pretty gnarly. Says Charles D. Connor, president and CEO of the American Lung Association, “six out of ten Americans live in areas dirty enough to send people to the emergency room, to shape how kids’ lungs develop and even dirty enough to kill…”
yikes! panic alert!
anyhoo, if you want to see how your city ranks click here