- More than 2,200 seawater samples from beaches in the main tourist destinations in the country were analyzed.
- Of the 259 beaches in the country that have been reviewed, there was only one that exceeded the established limits of 200 enterococci per 100 ml of water.
- This exercise headed by Cofepris is carried out whenever the holiday periods approach.
The arrival of the winter season is always marked by the drop in temperature. For the same reason, thousands of people take advantage of these dates to go on vacation. In this way, stress and fatigue developed throughout the year are also combated. But do you know which is the dirtiest beach in Mexico today?
In this vein, whenever the holiday periods approach the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (Cofepris) carries out a review of the water quality of all the country’s beaches. This is an exercise to identify those that are safe and those that concentrate high amounts of pollutants. The objective is to inform the population about the places that are safe to go and those that should be avoided.
At the beginning of the winter vacation period, Cofepris announced the result of seawater monitoring carried out so far in 16 coastal states of the country.
Thanks to the coordinated work between this federal commission, the state health authorities and the National Network of Public Health Laboratories, the analysis of 2,246 samples for enterococci was carried out.
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Of the 259 beaches, it was obtained that 258 are considered suitable for recreational use. While Rosarito beach, located in the state of Baja California, was the only one that exceeded the established limits of 200 enterococci per 100 ml of water.
Rosarito was determined as unfit by the state and municipal authorities themselves, to prevent possible health risks, due to the concentration of this microorganism found during the sampling.
Likewise, it is reported that the results of the samplings that are still being carried out on 31 beaches in Guerrero will be added in the coming days. These results will be made known, as an exercise in transparency, through the Cofepris website.
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The institutions determine if a beach is suitable or not, based on the guidelines established by the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, it is carried out following the Operational Manual for the monitoring of primary contact water in seawater from beaches and freshwater bodies.
With beaches free of health risks, national and international tourism is also encouraged, which favors the economy of our country. To know the details about these results, the following link is available to the population: monitoring winter 2022.
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