You may want to think twice before you take a dip Villa Angela State Park; Euclid State Park; Huntington Beach; Camp Perry; and Lakeshore Park. More than 25% of samples pass national standards of bacteria in the water. The Cleveland area was 2nd last in the nation with the Chicago area coming dead last in the water quality study conducted by Natural Resources Defense Council.

Nancy Stoner, director of NRDC’s clean water project said in the press release:

“Some families can’t enjoy their local beaches because they are polluted and kids are getting sick – largely because of human and animal waste in the water,”

In the Great Lakes, 15 percent of beachwater samples violated standards set nationaly. Nationwide, 7 percent of beaches failed the test of bacteria levels in the water overall last year.