Study: Digging in beach sand increases risk of gastrointestinal illness
Thursday, July 9, 2009 - 14:56
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Children and adults who build castles and dig in the sand at the beach are at greater risk of developing gastrointestinal diseases and diarrhea than people who only walk on the shore or swim in the surf, according to researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Environmental Protection Agency.