Environmental Health
Polluted California beaches cost public estimated $3.3 million annually
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, May 29th, 2005
The calculation is based on lost wages and medical care to treat more than 74,000 incidents of stomach illness, respiratory disease and eye, ear and skin infections caused by exposure to the polluted waters in a typical year.
This is the first study to estimate the economic impact of illnesses associated with polluted recreational waters, although similar calculations have been done regarding air pollution. A public health cost...
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