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EU Lawmakers Want 2011 Deadline For Cleaner Beaches source: Planet Ark | Apr 22, 05 | submitted by Ryan

Brussels, Belgium - Europe should clean up its beaches and apply tougher water pollution checks by 2011, a European Parliament committee said on Thursday, bringing forward the proposed deadline by four years.

The system is part of an EU drive to raise water quality standards and reduce the risk of swimmers catching stomach bugs or respiratory illnesses from bathing in water polluted with human sewage and animal waste.

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