OFFICIALS TO LOOK FOR SOURCE OF BEACH POLLUTION.Byline: TROY ANDERSON Staff Writer Amid a growing debate over whether waste from Hollywood stars is fouling Malibu beaches, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County officials announced Thursday a $1 million campaign to identify and eliminate the sources of the pollution. Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky Zev Yaroslavsky (born December 21, 1948) is a Los Angeles County politician. He served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1975 until 1994, when he was elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He was preceded in both offices by Edmund D. Edelman. said health officials will use DNA testing DNA testing Analysis of DNA (the genetic component of cells) in order to determine changes in genes that may indicate a specific disorder. Mentioned in: Acoustic Neuroma, Retinoblastoma, Von Willebrand Disease to identify whether the record-high levels of bacteria are coming from the septic systems of Malibu residents, horse corrals, cattle, dogs or wild animals WILD ANIMALS. Animals in a state of nature; animals ferae naturae. Vide Animals; Ferae naturae. . Authorities plan to focus the tests on the Ramirez Canyon and Escondido Creek areas. The announcement of the $1 million campaign follows a report by Heal the Bay Heal the Bay is a U.S. environmental advocacy non-profit organization based in Santa Monica, California. Heal the Bay is dedicated to protecting California's Santa Monica Bay, a region of the Pacific coast encompassed by Malibu's Point Dume on the north and the Palos Verdes , which identified seven of the state's 10 worst beaches as being in the county and noted that several beaches north of the Santa Monica Bay Santa Monica Bay is an arm of the Pacific Ocean in southern California, United States. Its boundaries are slightly ambiguous, but it is generally considered to be the part of the Pacific within an imaginary line drawn between Point Dume exhibited ``horrendous water quality.'' ``Escondido Beach, in the 16-year history of the report card, was the poorest grade we've ever seen,'' said Mark Gold, executive director of Heal the Bay. ``Literally 95 percent of the samples collected weekly over an 18-month period exceeded health and water-quality standards.'' Under the county plan, officials will also test water for signs of detergents and other pollutants. Malibu's 13,000 residents use septic tanks instead of sewer systems. If the sources of contamination are determined to be leaking or poorly situated septic tanks, officials plan to get court orders, if necessary, to inspect underground tanks at the multimillion-dollar homes of some of the world's most famous people. Many residents of the city that stretches along 25 miles of the Southern California coast have adamantly denied their homes are the sources of the contamination. troy.anderson(at)dailynews.com (213) 974-8985 |
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