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Blue-green algae blooms can impact human health and ecosystems, including fish and other aquatic animals. Many types of blue-green algae can produce toxins.
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Whether or not researchers discover brevetoxins in the pesky flies, the results are expected to be scientifically relevant.
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State wildlife officials say in their midweek report that toxic red tide blooms, which originally started in Southwest Florida, continue to spread north.
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The pet's family had been boating on a canal that had algae toxin levels nearly three times higher than what is considered harmful to humans.
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High concentrations of red tide were reported in Pinellas County in the Gulf of Mexico at Madeira Beach, and along Bay Pines and Abercrombie Park on Long Bayou.
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Blue-green algae blooms become more common in Florida lakes during the summer and early fall. That's when temperatures are high, days are long and storms flush nutrients into the water.
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A red tide bloom in the Gulf has reached the coast as far north as Pinellas, causing fish kills and respiratory irritations, according to state wildlife officials.
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The Orange County Health Department advised residents to not drink the water or go swimming or boating in it, or let animals near it.
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State health officials are funding a study to explore the relationship between human health and algae bloom toxins.
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Officials in Florida say dolphins seem to be red tide's latest victims as more than 20 have washed up dead since last week along the state's southwest…