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Te Mana Ora | Community and Public Health Unit has issued
a health warning after high levels of faecal bacteria were
found in samples taken from Cass Bay.
Dr Ramon Pink
Medical Officer of Health for Te Mana Ora, National Public
Health Service, says:
“Water quality at Cass Bay is
not considered suitable for recreational uses including
swimming because of the risk to human health from the
bacteria and other pathogens.”
Eating shellfish from
these sites should be avoided. If fish are eaten, remove the
gut and liver and wash in clean water before cooking. For
further information on gathering mahinga kai refer to
information below.
Water contaminated by human or
animal faecal matter may contain a range of disease-causing
micro-organisms such as viruses, bacteria and
protozoa.
A number of other sites within
Whakaraupō/Lyttelton Harbour including Corsair Bay, Rāpaki
Bay, Sandy Bay, Diamond Harbour Beach, Purau Beach are
permanently not suitable for swimming.
“The sites
where water quality is affected are listed on Environment
Canterbury and Land Air Water Aotearoa websites,” Dr Pink
says.
Anyone that experiences gastrointestinal illness
should contact their GP in the first instance or call
Healthline on 0800 611 116
For further details visit:
https://www.lawa.org.nz/explore-data/canterbury-region/
Or
contact Te Mana Ora on (03) 364
1777:
https://www.cph.co.nz/your-health/recreational-water/
For
more information about Mahinga
Kai:
https://www.cph.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/saf0112.pdf
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