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Parasitic rash spreads among Greenwich beachgoers

Greenwich, CT, beaches plagued by swimmers itch
Todd's Point Beach in Greenwich, Connecticut
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Greenwich wants to get rid of the itch.
Not the one in its name.
They've had it with the itch they're picking up from their exclusive, fenced off beaches --
the ones that you plop your near naked self onto only if you are a verified resident.
They keep most of us out. But they have not been able to keep the snails away from their hoidy toidy beaches.
Which snails? The snails now spreading parasites that are causing more and more cases of swimmers itch all
along Greenwich's chic stretches of sand. So far it's only Greenwich, making the place even more exclusive.