Environmental officials are warning people in one Jersey Shore town not to touch anything at the beach.
New Jersey environmental officials are warning people in one Jersey Shore town not to touch anything at the beach, including the water, because it could be contaminated with arsenic.
Signs along the beach tell visitors "DO NOT TOUCH" and show a picture of the poisonous slag. Beachgoers are urged to wash their hands if they come into contact with it.Stone-like materials called slag tested positive for elevated levels of arsenic, a toxic chemical element, near Cedar Street Park in Keyport, according to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
"I just want to get it cleaned up," said Al Litwak, who's lived on the otherwise picture-perfect shore for 11 years. "It's a bay that we would normally enjoy, we would come down here and walk to. And unfortunately we really haven't been because it's hard to tell your young kid to come down to the park, and then they want to go on the beach and you have to tell them, 'No you can't. You can't go in the water. You can't touch the sand.' So, it's kind of sad and upsetting," said Nicole Gangino.
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