Originally Posted by
C010T3
You should really do some research about contamination, perhaps hire testing institutes in order to compare samples from beaches in different beaches in Brazil and abroad. Many governments only analyse water quality and never or only occasionally the sand.
Sand contamination occurs not only because of sea contamination, but also due to groundwater contamination and trust me, that condition is pretty widespread in beaches in Brazil with any presence of permanent vendors, restaurants or anything like it.
I will now let the thread go back to the original subject. I just thought there was need for some perspective, considering that you're trying to alarm people as if other popular beaches in Brazil or in the world didn't have problems with contaminated sand.
The testing was already done---by the major Brazilian media outlet Globo, who aired the report on TV. The levels of fecal colliform (measured in parts per million) were shocking.
Fecal colliform is from feces, not food kiosks.
WC fans are not coming to "other popular beaches...in the world". The forum has recently found it reasonable to "warn" travelers about potential airport overcrowding, so discussing the dangers of actual existing beach pollution in an area they might think of as pristine is also in the same vein. Poster Boboqui opened up the subject here, did he not?