Summer vacation 2023: These are the dirtiest beaches in Mexico

In view of the summer vacation of 2023 and a few days after the end of the national school year for preschool, primary and secondary school students, the Federal Committee for Health Risk Protection (Cofepris) issued an alarm saying that more than a dozen beaches exceeded the standard. maximum limit of bacteria.

According to the federal agency, 14 beaches with high rates of enterococci were detected after an analysis of more than 2,100 seawater samples from the 17 states surrounding Mexico on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. The sampling was carried out at more than 200 beaches to protect the health of domestic and foreign tourists.

Some of the beaches in the northwest and southeast of the Mexican Republic mentioned in the report were also known for high levels of fecal bacteria during Holy Week a year ago.

In coordination with Sanitation Risk Protection Areas (APRS), surveillance and analysis aim to look for bacteria Enterococcus faecalis

Identify beaches suitable for recreational use in summer 2023.

“The total number of beaches monitored during the second holiday period was 289, of which 275 (or 95 per cent) were found to be suitable as they were below the maximum limit of 200 enterococci in 100 ml of water”, a detailed Claimed federal territory of the Mexican government.

Which are the dirtiest beaches in Mexico?

After sampling, Cofepris noted that 14 of the six entities stretching from Baja California to Veracruz had the most bacteria on the beaches. The following list details each by state:

• Rosarito and Tijuana, Baja California: Rosarito, Rosarito One and Tijuana.
• Tapachula, Chiapas: Linda and Escoleras.
• Acapulco and Zihuatanejo, Guerrero: Caletilla, Hornos Tlacopanocha and main beaches.
• Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco: Oasis.
• Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca: Puerto Angelito and main beach.
• Downtown Veracruz: Pelícano and Regatas.

What diseases do bacteria cause? Enterococcus faecalis?

Enterococci are Gram-positive facultative anaerobes; meaning they are generally pathogenic and can thrive with or without oxygen. In addition, they may cause infections such as endocarditis (an infection of the inner lining of the heart that affects the heart valves), urinary tract and intra-abdominal infections, prostatitis, cellulitis, and wound infections, and bacteremia (the presence of bacteria). bloody). The council urged people to keep beaches clean during the holiday.

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