Multiple stretches of beaches along the coast of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia are closed until further notice due to needles and other medical waste washing ashore, officials said.
Assateague Island National Seashore, which is located partly in Maryland and partly in Virginia, began closures at its public beaches on Sunday and encouraged visitors to wear shoes at all times after syringes with needles were found along the coast.Eventually, nearby Chincoteague Public Beach in Accomack County was also closed.RELATED STORY | Over half of US beaches have potentially unsafe levels of fecal matterAbout 50 miles north in Delaware, it's a similar story.
However, the Town of Dewey Beach said on its Facebook that the amount of waste has been minimal.“Our main concern is the type of waste that may be in the tideline where it isn't easily visible to someone entering the water,” the town wrote on social media. “We are keeping in touch with our beach raking vendor in the event we need to organize a cleanup.”Pictures posted on Facebook show multiple syringes and a variety of plastic bottles scattered in the sand.
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