Bacteria fades in Long Branch, all beaches open – Asbury Park Press

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With a sunny, warm weekend on tap, all beaches on the Jersey Shore are safe for swimming.

Test results released this morning show unhealthy levels of bacteria at two Long Branch beaches have dissipated, allowing officials to re-open both beaches today.

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A third beach on the Bayshorebehind the Highlands recreation center was also cleared by testing performed on Wednesday.

The tests are part of a weekly monitoring program thatis on the lookout forenterococcus, a bacteria that grows inside the intestines of humans and other warm-blooded animals and can be found alongside their feces.

This kind of bacteria is considered a warning sign of dangerous pathogens.

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The standard for safe swimming is less than 104 colony forming units, or cfu, per 100 milliliters of water.

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Per NJbeaches.org, here are the beaches that tested above the safe swimming threshold on Tuesday, followed by Wednesday's test results and then this morning's in bold

Every Tuesday online,the Press and app.com will post water-quality test results from every Jersey Shore beach that exceeds federal safe swimming standards for fecal bacteria.

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