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Dr. Beth-Ann Lesnikoski – Women’s Health and Healing of the Palm Beaches – Video

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Beaches set to open two days after shark attack

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Hapuna Beach and Waialea Bay remained closed Thursday, following a shark attack that severely injured the arm of a Kansas man.

Hawaii County Fire Department overflights Thursday morning did not produce a sighting of the shark that attacked the snorkeler Wednesday.

But the aggressive nature of the animal and poor visibility because of wind chop prompted county officials to recommend the state keep the beaches off limits until 7 a.m. today.

Beaches were evacuated about lunchtime Wednesday when a 10- to 12-foot tiger shark inflicted severe bite wounds on the left forearm and thigh of a 58-year-old man from Overland Park, Kan., who was snorkeling with his family about 20 yards off a point popularly known as Jump Rock at the south end of Hapuna Beach.

The tiger continued to cruise the beach an hour after the attack.

This was an unusual case where the shark went away and came back, Special Operations Battalion Chief Gerald Kosaki said.

Under normal circumstances, the beaches would have opened at noon Thursday, shortly after the days last overflight.

While great whites generally are the stuff of overwrought Hollywood fare, the akamai know that tiger sharks are far more likely to be the culprit in unprovoked attacks on swimmers off the coasts of Hawaii.

However, the season for the animals to be making their presence known is winding down, with most sightings usually happening toward the end of the calendar year and into January, said Acting Battalion Chief Paul Austria.

I was a little shocked to hear it was in the area this time of year, Austria said.

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Officials warn of rip currents, man o’ wars at Brevard beaches – Video

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Beach safety officials warn of rip currents and man o #39; wars in Brevard County. Dan Billow (@DanBillowWESH) has the story. Subscribe to WESH on YouTube now for more: http://bit.ly/1dqr14j ...

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Scotland's beaches littered with wet wipes

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Beaches surveyed in the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) Great British Beach Clean last September showed Scotland's shores were covered with highest levels of bathroom waste - including cotton buds, condoms, tampons, nappies and, increasingly, wet wipes - of any of the home nations.

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A total of 14 per cent of litter on Scottish beaches was so-called sewage-related debris - "stuff people put down the toilet but shouldn't" - nearly double the 2013 figure of 7.4 per cent and more than two-and-a-half times the level on the beaches of the UK's next worst-affected nation, Wales.

Of the 14 per cent, some 34 per cent was wet wipes - more than treble the amount in 2013, the highest increase anywhere in the UK.

Campaigners say it is clear that more Scots are using the toilet as a watery dustbin.

MCS Scotland Programme Manager Calum Duncan said wipes, often described as flushable, were being put down the loo instead of thrown in the bin.

He said: "Our sewerage systems weren't built to cope with wet wipes. When flushed they don't disintegrate like toilet paper, and they typically contain plastic so once they reach the sea, they last for a very long time. They can cause blockages in our sewers, and then everything else that has been flushed down the loo can either back up into people's homes, or overflow into rivers and seas.

"Overflows also happen during excessive rainfall, or if the plumbing hasn't been connected up properly meaning the wrong pipes are heading straight to the sea. That's when we find sewage related debris, including wet wipes, on the beach."

The data showed sewage-related debris is higher in estuaries throughout the UK, including the Firth of Forth.

When non-bathroom waste is included in the figures, however, Scotland's beaches came out significantly cleaner than England's.

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Beaches littered with wet wipes flushed down toilet

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The UK's beaches are becoming increasingly littered with wet wipes that people are flushing down the toilet, conservationists have warned.

The number of wet wipes found in the Marine Conservation Society's annual ''Great British beach clean'' increased by some 50% in a year as more people use them instead of traditional toilet paper, to remove make- up and to apply fake tan, the charity said.

The annual survey also revealed a 6.4% increase in overall beach litter between 2013 and 2014, prompting the charity to call on the Government to do more to tackle rubbish in the country's seas and on its beaches.

More than 300 beaches around the UK were cleaned and surveyed by 5,349 volunteers over a weekend last September, with 2,457 bits of litter collected for every kilometre of coastline cleaned - up from an average of 2,309 in 2013.

The most commonly-collected type of rubbish was pieces of plastic, while 10% of the litter collected was plastic drink bottles and aluminium drinks cans and 11% was related to commercial and recreational fishing.

Volunteers also found some unusual items including a colostomy bag, a plastic hand, a piping gun nozzle, a bra strap and, on one beach, nine pairs of shoes of various sizes.

An average of 35 wet wipes, which do not disintegrate when flushed down the toilet, were found for every kilometre of beach cleaned in 2014, up from 23 of the little square cloths per kilometre the previous year.

MCS beachwatch officer Charlotte Coombes said the UK's sewers were not built to cope with wet wipes - which have also been causing a problem elsewhere in the world.

''When flushed they don't disintegrate like toilet paper, and they typically contain plastic so once they reach the sea, they last for a very long time.

''They can cause blockages in our sewers and then everything else that has been flushed down the loo can either back up into people's homes, or overflow into rivers and seas.

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Beaches littered with wet wipes flushed down the toilet

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The UK's beaches are becoming increasingly littered with wet wipes that people are flushing down the toilet, conservationists have warned.

The number of wet wipes found in the Marine Conservation Society's annual ''Great British beach clean'' increased by some 50% in a year as more people use them instead of traditional toilet paper, to remove make- up and to apply fake tan, the charity said.

The annual survey also revealed a 6.4% increase in overall beach litter between 2013 and 2014, prompting the charity to call on the Government to do more to tackle rubbish in the country's seas and on its beaches.

More than 300 beaches around the UK were cleaned and surveyed by 5,349 volunteers over a weekend last September, with 2,457 bits of litter collected for every kilometre of coastline cleaned - up from an average of 2,309 in 2013.

The most commonly-collected type of rubbish was pieces of plastic, while 10% of the litter collected was plastic drink bottles and aluminium drinks cans and 11% was related to commercial and recreational fishing.

Volunteers also found some unusual items including a colostomy bag, a plastic hand, a piping gun nozzle, a bra strap and, on one beach, nine pairs of shoes of various sizes.

An average of 35 wet wipes, which do not disintegrate when flushed down the toilet, were found for every kilometre of beach cleaned in 2014, up from 23 of the little square cloths per kilometre the previous year.

MCS beachwatch officer Charlotte Coombes said the UK's sewers were not built to cope with wet wipes - which have also been causing a problem elsewhere in the world.

''When flushed they don't disintegrate like toilet paper, and they typically contain plastic so once they reach the sea, they last for a very long time.

''They can cause blockages in our sewers and then everything else that has been flushed down the loo can either back up into people's homes, or overflow into rivers and seas.

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'50% rise' in wet wipes littering Britain's beaches

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ITV Report 19 March 2015 at 5:19am Britain's beaches are becoming increasingly littered with wet wipes. Credit: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Britain's beaches are becoming increasingly littered with wet wipes that people are flushing down the toilet, conservationists have warned.

The number of wet wipes found in the Marine Conservation Society's annual "Great British beach clean" increased by some 50% in a year as more people use them, the charity said.

The annual survey also revealed a 6.4% increase in overall beach litter between 2013 and 2014, prompting the charity to call on the Government to do more to tackle rubbish in the country's seas and on its beaches.

300

beaches around the UK were cleaned and surveyed.

2,457

bits of litter were collected for every kilometre of coastline cleaned.

2,309

The average bits of litter found in 2013.

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