#Bermuda South Shore – Raw Sewage Dumping – Atlantic Ocean – Possible negative health effects @washingtonpost

Is Bermuda’s beach sewage problem par for the course, or a rarity?

By Christopher Elliott, Published: April 11, 2014

When Ken Siegfried heard that the U.S. Consulate General in Hamilton, Bermuda, had issued a warning about ongoing dumping of raw sewage off the island’s south coast, he had flashbacks to a visit to the British territory last summer.“I came down with a major ear infection on my third day there, which required immediate medical attention,” remembers Siegfried, a loan officer from Alexandria. His fever peaked at 102 degrees and he lost the hearing in one ear for two weeks. read article