出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/05/27 15:28 UTC 版)
Syringe Tide refers to a period during 1987-88 in New Jersey, where significant amounts of medical waste and raw garbage washed up onto a 50-mile (80 km) stretch of Atlantic Ocean beaches in Jersey Shore communities in Monmouth and Ocean counties. This forced the closing of all the beaches in the two counties. Officials scrambled to identify the source of the material, as the local economy struggled with diminished tourism.