Dutch Swimming Water Quality Stagnates: 'Contaminated with Chemical Substances'

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Dutch lakes and swimming ponds nowhere fully meet chemical standards, Natuur & Milieu and the Netherlands Institute for Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) state in a study. They examined data on the water quality of 205 official and 57 unofficial swimming locations. "The number of swimming waters that meet all chemical quality requirements has dropped to zero," they conclude.

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The quality of Dutch bathing water is barely improving. In addition to bacteria and blue-green algae, chemical substances have also been found in many bathing waters in levels exceeding the set standard. And swimmers receive no information about this, according to research by Natuur & Milieu and the Netherlands Institute for Ecology (NIOO-KNAW). The researchers wanted to know whether bathing water is cleaner than other surface water and whether…

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Dutch lakes and swimming ponds nowhere fully meet chemical standards, Natuur & Milieu and the Netherlands Institute for Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) state in a study. They examined data on the water quality of 205 official and 57 unofficial swimming locations. "The number of swimming waters...