Blue Green Algae

The state is retesting blue-green algae bloom found in Lake Munson. The re-test comes after the Florida Department of Health issued and later rescinded a notice about toxic algae in the lake earlier this week.

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.

FGCU professor Mike Parsons discusses the study, which seeks volunteers who live near the water to provide blood, urine and nasal samples for baseline data.

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.

The Orange County Health Department advised residents to not drink the water or go swimming or boating in it, or let animals near it.

In this interview, health experts discuss the “Cyanotoxins in Air Study” that will look at how the cyanotoxins affect people who live or work near the blooms.

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New research just getting underway at Florida Gulf Coast University is exploring a novel approach to possibly someday controlling blue-green algae, or...

Pinellas County officials are urging residents and visitors to stay away from some blue-green algae blooms that have popped up in the last week.