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A Tennessee man died Sunday after he became infected with Vibrio vulnificus, a type of flesh-eating bacteria, while vacationing in Okaloosa County, Florida.
Vibrio causes an estimated 80,000 illnesses and 100 deaths in the United States every year, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the federal government’s public health agency. People with vibriosis become infected either by consuming raw or undercooked seafood or by exposing a wound to seawater…
Read Full Article; CNN (07-12-2019)
Sea swimming increases ailments; Science daily (02-27-2018)
People who swim, bathe or take part in water sports in the sea are substantially more likely to experience stomach bugs, ear aches and other types of illness than those who do not…
Beachgoers Beware? 5 Pathogens That Lurk In Sand; LiveScience (06-23-2018)
Although most microbes in the sand are harmless, some are linked with disease. Here are five types of pathogens found in sand…
Every grain of sand is a metropolis for bacteria; Astrobiology (12-13-2017)
Between 10,000 and 100,000 microorganisms live on each single grain of sand, as revealed in a new study. Sand-dwelling bacteria play an important role in the marine ecosystem and global material cycles…
MRSA: Bad Boy Bacteria, By Sharlene Pilkey (05-23-2010)
It used to be swimmers ear, (otis exterma,) and then it was swimmers itch (cercarial dermatitis) if you went to the beach, everybody got it at one time or another, but now there is a new bully bacteria hiding on supposedly pristine beaches world-wide…
Cost of recreating in polluted water estimated at $2.9 billion nationwide! SurfRiders (01-24-2018)
