Perranporth swimmers suggest brown flags to signal polluted water (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Sea swimmers have suggested brown flags could be used on beaches to indicate pollution in the water.

Members of the Bluetits sea swimming group said the flags would be especially useful to tourists who may not know how to check the water quality at beaches they visit.

Janet Shephard, who regularly swims at Perranporth in Cornwall said: "We get red flags if you can't see because of the sea conditions and I think we need brown flags for pollution."

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Something like this?

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