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Some encampments are strewn with debris that spills across an entire walkway or out into the street, while others carry the smell of urine, fecal matter or decaying food waste.

Heal the Bay monitors beaches along the California coast — testing water samples for fecal bacteria, including coliform, E. coli and enterococcus.

It is said to be one of the more polluted rivers which Congolese scientists say contains high levels of fecal matter and other waste.

The suit alleged that the ranching operations were harming coastal waters, and cited examples from the park service’s own studies that found fecal pollution in some areas.

But their small lab is testing for fecal bacteria - not arsenic.