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Why were beaches closed one week and ‘excellent’ the next? Authorities won’t say

By Julian Delia

Malta’s environmental health authorities have yet to explain why popular beaches were declared unsafe one week and rated “excellent” the next, raising questions about transparency in the country’s beach water quality monitoring system. Following the publication of the Environmental Health Directorate’s (EHD) first water quality report for this season towards the end of May, The … Continued