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Beach closings rise in nationwide pollution survey
A nationwide NRDC report cites 6,160 beach closings and advisories in 1999, 70 percent from sewage or runoff. It praises five East Coast beaches as models of monitoring and lists four sites as beach bums for lacking regular coastal checks. It notes Louisiana, Oregon, Texas and Washington as failing to monitor or notify.
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