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Routine screening of harmful microorganisms in beach sands: Implications to public health

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dc.contributor.authorSabino, Raquel
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, Raquel
dc.contributor.authorCosta, Inês
dc.contributor.authorCarneiro, Carla
dc.contributor.authorCunha, Maria Ana
dc.contributor.authorDuarte, Aida
dc.contributor.authorFaria, Natália
dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Filipa
dc.contributor.authorGargaté, Maria João
dc.contributor.authorJúlio, Cláudia
dc.contributor.authorMartins, Maria da Luz
dc.contributor.authorNevers, Meredith
dc.contributor.authorOleastro, Mónica
dc.contributor.authorSolo-Gabriele, Helena
dc.contributor.authorVeríssimo, Cristina
dc.contributor.authorViegas, Carla
dc.contributor.authorWhitman, Richard
dc.contributor.authorBrandão, João
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-19T13:49:48Z
dc.date.available2014-03-19T13:49:48Z
dc.date.issued2014-02-15
dc.description.abstractBeaches worldwide provide recreational opportunities to hundreds of millions of people and serve as important components of coastal economies. Beach water is often monitored for microbiological quality to detect the presence of indicators of human sewage contamination so as to prevent public health outbreaks associated with water contact. However, growing evidence suggests that beach sand can harbor microbes harmful to human health, often in concentrations greater than the beach water. Currently, there are no standards for monitoring, sampling, analyzing, or managing beach sand quality. In addition to indicator microbes, growing evidence has identified pathogenic bacteria, viruses, and fungi in a variety of beach sands worldwide. The public health threat associated with these populations through direct and indirect contact is unknown because so little research has been conducted relating to health outcomes associated with sand quality. In this manuscript, we present the consensus findings of a workshop of experts convened in Lisbon, Portugal to discuss the current state of knowledge on beach sand microbiological quality and to develop suggestions for standardizing the evaluation of sand at coastal beaches. The expert group at the "Microareias 2012" workshop recommends that 1) beach sand should be screened for a variety of pathogens harmful to human health, and sand monitoring should then be initiated alongside regular water monitoring; 2) sampling and analysis protocols should be standardized to allow proper comparisons among beach locations; and 3) further studies are needed to estimate human health risk with exposure to contaminated beach sand. Much of the manuscript is focused on research specific to Portugal, but similar results have been found elsewhere, and the findings have worldwide implicationspor
dc.identifier.citationSci Total Environ. 2014 Feb 15;472:1062-9. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.091. Epub 2013 Dec 17por
dc.identifier.issn0048-9697
dc.identifier.otherdoi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.091
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/2193
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherElsevier, B. V.por
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969713013740por
dc.subjectBeach Sandpor
dc.subjectPublic Healthpor
dc.subjectMicroorganismspor
dc.subjectInfecções Sistémicas e Zoonosespor
dc.titleRoutine screening of harmful microorganisms in beach sands: Implications to public healthpor
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage1069por
oaire.citation.startPage1062por
oaire.citation.titleScience of the Total Environmentpor
oaire.citation.volume472por
rcaap.rightsembargoedAccesspor
rcaap.typearticlepor

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