You might want to rethink your summer vacation to the beach because a new report found that most beaches in Texas just aren't very clean.
In fact, a new report from Environment Texas found that 90% of Texas beaches are contaminated with "high levels of fecal bacteria," and are "potentially unsafe for swimming."
Environment Texas tested 61 beaches across the state last year, and 55 of them tested positive for fecal contamination at least one day. By testing positive one day for the duration of the test, this means those 55 beaches exceeded the safety threshold set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Texas didn't even have the worst scores across the country.
Louisiana and Pennsylvania had the highest rates of contamination, with 100% of their beaches exceeding the threshold at least one day, and tther states with higher contamination rates than Texas were Ohio (96%), and Illinois and Mississippi (both 95%).
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