Needles on Cowells

[954worldexplorer]

I've been reading about the issues they've been having in Santa Cruz with needles lying around and trash all over. Has the city taken any steps to remove those needles, I know Ratboy got involved. I was just thinking damn stepping on those dirty, possibly HIV infested needles would not be the look after a good day of surfing.

[oldmansurfer]

The problem of needles on beaches is one of medical waste disposal. The solution is to find the source and stop them. Catching HIV from needles on a beach is only possible if they were just used and left on the beach which would be a different problem from needles washing down stream or to the beach from medical waste dumped in the ocean. Seems to me I recall the issue of needles at Santa Cruz was from junkies in a park upstream from the beach....or was that another California beach area?

[954worldexplorer]

The problem of needles on beaches is one of medical waste disposal. The solution is to find the source and stop them. Catching HIV from needles on a beach is only possible if they were just used and left on the beach which would be a different problem from needles washing down stream or to the beach from medical waste dumped in the ocean. Seems to me I recall the issue of needles at Santa Cruz was from junkies in a park upstream from the beach....or was that another California beach area?

It's from junkies leaving them all over.

[oldmansurfer]

http://www.ksbw.com/news/central-california/santa-cruz/drug-needles-close-santa-cruz-beach/24415682well this news blurb says it was from junkies upstream from the beach and the needles were being swept downstream and deposited on the beach.

[oldmansurfer]

In another news item they have started sifting the beach to eliminate the needles and other trash as a solution till they can get the junkies under control. But seems to me I heard Surfrider or someone is trying to get the junkies out of the park where they are throwing the needles into the stream. Surfrider also does beach cleanups