Closed Beaches
Personal memory by Chloe Clark
2000 • Virginia Beach, VA, USA
As a child, the beach was my favorite place to be. Now, the beaches in the area close at least twice a summer to be cleaned because they are so polluted with trash and bacteria that they become a health concern for humans to swim in.
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