50 beaches in the country are not suitable for bathing this summer 2025, Minsa reported

A recent report from Ministry of Health (Minsa) has discovered this 50 THE 86 Beaches evaluated in January 2025 show inadequate conditions for residents.

Hector Apontespokesperson of College of Biologists of Peruexplained what are the three factors that Minsa has evaluated to determine which beaches are suitable and which are not for entering the baths.

“There were three components that were evaluated in this report: the presence of pathogenic microorganisms, which undoubtedly affect health, the presence of solid waste, which can affect us directly or indirectly through microplastics, and the presence of service toilets, which. you can imagine, if there are no toilets on the beach, then what can people use as toilets”, said the specialist.

The importance of healthy beaches

In addition, drops He emphasized the importance of visitors reviewing the list. This is because the lack of healthy conditions can generate serious consequences for the health of the residents.

“It is very important that we can verify this list of beaches because there are unhealthy beaches there. This may directly or indirectly affect our health in the medium term. For example, those beaches that have a large number of microorganisms, bacteria or pathogenic organisms that can harm us with a disease. The presence of solid waste, which has been another important parameter, affects us directly when we are in contact with them, but also indirectly because garbage and plastics degrade and turn into microplastics. This enters the food web and comes back to us through food,” he said.

Residents can access the site summersaludable.minsa.gob.pe – to which they have access PPR– and check the country’s beaches that are suitable. Among them are: Brown malecónlocated in Punta, in the constitutional province of Callao; Round IIIN Miraflores; sleeping lionIN Cañete; among others.