Increase in sewage at Cape Town beaches pose serious heath risks, warns epidemiologist

CAPE TOWN – An epidemiologist has warned that an increase in sewage at beaches along Cape Town’s coastline could pose serious health risks.
Senior lecturer at Stellenbosch University’s department of global health, Doctor Jo Barnes said sewage intrusion into the ocean around Cape Town has alarmingly increased.
Barnes said she joined a team of health and water quality experts to test Cape Town’s rivers and beaches recently.
“Most of the rivers entering the sea from various points in the peninsula are heavily polluted, particularly with sewage,” she said.
Barnes said the sea was also…