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1. Pfiesteria and Harmful Algal Blooms in the Mid-Atlantic: New Jersey
www.pfiesteria.seagrant.org/nj - [Cached]Published on: 5/19/2006 Last Visited: 9/19/2007
Jim Brownlee, Director Department of Consumer and Environmental Health Services -
2. www.eia-usa.org
www.eia-usa.org/EIA_Members/or - [Cached]Published on: 5/12/2006 Last Visited: 3/28/2007
James Brownlee 3635 Quakerbridge Rd PO Box 369 Trenton, NJ 08625 Phone: 609-588-7864 Fax: 609-584-5370 -
3. Bacterial illness starts with pains in the stomach (phillyBurbs.com)
www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/new - [Cached]Published on: 6/30/2004 Last Visited: 6/30/2004
Victims usually attribute illnesses to something they ate, said Jim Brownlee, director of consumer and environmental health services for the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.
Symptoms similar to both types of illnesses include diarrhea, headache, vomiting and abdominal cramps.
A swimmer can be exposed to viruses and bacteria in contaminated waters through a wound, a cut or a break in the skin, or if they swallow water. The seriousness of the infection depends on how much time the swimmer spends in the water.
"All waters have a large number of virus and bacteria, and you can't test for all of them," said Brownlee.
