<story><title>Surfers three times more likely to have antibiotic-resistant bacteria in guts</title><url>https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/uoe-stt011118.php</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>aresant</author><text>No coastal surf break that&amp;#x27;s close to civilization is safe from bacteria infestation but it is manageable.&lt;p&gt;BUT sewage regulation can go a long, long way - take a look at the San Diego bacteria report &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sdbeachinfo.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sdbeachinfo.com&lt;/a&gt; - the regularly sampled coastal water is in general pretty good even though there was rain in SoCal last week.&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile less than 30 miles away the surf breaks next to Tijuana, Mexico are extremely high bacteria - that&amp;#x27;s about par for the course - really sad to see:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sandiegouniontribune.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;environment&amp;#x2F;sd-me-tj-spills-continue-20170914-story.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.sandiegouniontribune.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;environment&amp;#x2F;sd-me-t...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=WEyeCm0GVKg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=WEyeCm0GVKg&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Surfers three times more likely to have antibiotic-resistant bacteria in guts</title><url>https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/uoe-stt011118.php</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>nightfly</author><text>&amp;quot;The Beach Bums study asked 300 people, half of whom regularly surf the UK&amp;#x27;s coastline, to take rectal swabs&amp;quot; Good double meaning there.</text></comment>