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Parrish, in Manatee County, is included in a list ProPublica compiled that analyzes billions of rows of EPA data to map the spread of cancer-causing industrial air emissions down to the neighborhood level.

Observing for long-term health effects of algae will take between five and 10 years of studying. And now, during the pandemic, a new question has come up.

Power outages that followed Hurricane Irma affected 28,000 residents of Florida's nursing homes — and led to a 25% increase in deaths a week after the storm made landfall in September 2017.

The measure would direct money toward technology geared toward reducing the nitrates that fuel the blooms.

From Florida Roundup, a look back as the state's public media outlets reported on COVID-19, schools and vaccination efforts, plus how the federal government sells homes in flood zones.

With the global pandemic still in the spotlight, more than 200 leading health journals say climate change is an even more urgent threat.

The study projects that by midcentury, without action on climate change, Florida's workers on average could potentially lose 33 work days per year due to extreme heat compared to five now.

Gov. Ron DeSantis responded to criticism that he's failed to declare a state of emergency, saying the state dedicated funding source to fight red tide and blue-green algae last year.

St. Petersburg officials ask the governor for help in combating red tide. That comes on top of a similar request by one of the top Democratic contenders for governor.

Research involving crayfish spotlights the issue of medications entering the environment through improper disposal or excreting amounts in the bathroom.