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Popular Beach Closed: More than a Hundred People Hospitalized Due to Seawater Contamination

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More than 100 people are being treated for nausea and vomiting in the Portuguese seaside town of Nazaré, Euronews reports. The beach was closed on Friday due to pollution, but reopened on Saturday evening. The water was contaminated with sewage that was released into the sea due to a "technical fault".
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More than 100 people are being treated for nausea and vomiting in the Portuguese seaside town of Nazaré, Euronews reports. The beach was closed on Friday due to pollution, but reopened on Saturday evening. The water was contaminated with sewage that was released into the sea due to a "technical fault".

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The health incident occurred on a beach in Nazaré, the coastal city of Portugal. 116 people - including 72 children and 44 adults - were taken with nausea and vomiting after bathing. A breakdown of the sewer system would be the cause of this contamination.

A total of 116 people, including 72 children, were victims of poisoning after being bathed on Friday, August 1 in Nazaré, Portugal. In this case, an abnormal discharge of wastewater due to a malfunction of the system...

It is a holiday scent that has turned into a nightmare on one of Portugal's most emblematic beaches. In Nazaré, a seaside resort famous for its unusual waves, 70 people were hospitalized after swimming in a sea that has become unsanitary. As a result, an accidental spill of waste water that defiled the coastline in full summer flood. The alert was given on Friday, August 1, after a "technical defect" on the stormwater system of the city. Quickly…

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