ApocaDocs: Dubai warns beachgoers to stay out of sea

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Posted Tue Sep 30 2008: from TravelVideo.tv:


	Dubai warns beachgoers to stay out of sea http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1222780209 Dubai authorities and doctors have warned beachgoers to stay out of the sea as illegally dumped sewage has contaminated parts of the emirate’s shoreline, according to published reports. The sewage has blackened the waters surrounding Dubai Offshore Sailing Club, close to Jumeirah Open Beach, and further up the coast in the same area.... Keith Mutch, general manager of Dubai Offshore Sailing Club, which has had to suspend its operations for the past two weeks, said that the area had been completely ruined by the sewage. "It's become like a big toilet, with black colored water floating all around. A number of our members have developed skin rashes, eye and ear infections after coming into contact with the waters," he said.

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Dubai, jewel of the commode.