Health Effects Associated With Recreational Coastal Water Use: Urban Versus Rural California | Zendy

Ryan H. Dwight | Zendy; Dean Baker | Zendy; Jan C. Semenza | Zendy; Betty H. Olson | Zendy

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Health Effects Associated With Recreational Coastal Water Use: Urban Versus Rural California

Author(s) -

Ryan H. Dwight,

Dean Baker,

Jan C. Semenza,

Betty H. Olson

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.94.4.565

Subject(s) - recreation , environmental health , public health , medicine , urban runoff , surface runoff , geography , stormwater , ecology , nursing , political science , law , biology

We compared rates of reported health symptoms among surfers in urban North Orange County (NOC) and rural Santa Cruz County (SCC), California, during 2 winters (1998 and 1999) to determine whether symptoms were associated with exposure to urban runoff. NOC participants reported almost twice as many symptoms as SCC participants during the 1998 winter. In both study years, risk increased across symptom categories by an average of 10% for each 2.5 hours of weekly water exposure. Our findings suggest that discharging untreated urban runoff onto public beaches can pose health risks.

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