Dangerous debris washes ashore before beachgoer makes another troubling find

A popular Jersey Shore beach reopened to swimmers after dozens of syringes washed ashore — only for a beachgoer to report finding more concerning debris along the sand the following day.

The syringes and paraphernalia were discovered littered across the sands of Manasquan Beach in Manasquan, New Jersey, along the Jersey Shore, on Saturday.

Officials at the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) said the debris included household waste, including syringes used for at-home insulin injections, according to local outlets.

“One beach cleanup is definitely not enough to say something is safe,” the resident said.

Mahajan added, “We can’t change what’s in the ocean or what people have done in the past, but we can change our reaction to it.”

Mahajan told CBS News she found syringes, cut straws, syringe plungers, syringe caps and small plastic baggies along the beach.

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Fox News Digital reached out to the NJDEP, but the agency declined to comment.

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The syringe discovery comes less than two weeks after another unusual scene unfolded along the Jersey Shore, when nearly 30 dead juvenile dogfish sharks were found scattered across a beach in Sea Isle City.

At the time, shark ecologist Mike Heithaus told Fox News Digital that seeing so many sharks wash ashore at one time was rare.

The incident did not appear consistent with a widespread toxin or pollution event, Heithaus said, and he suggested the sharks may have been caught and discarded.