Toxic Algae Bloom Seen Off Washington State Coast
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An unusually large toxic bloom of algae, which could poison humans and taint shellfish, has been detected in the ocean off the northwest coast of Washington state, oceanographers said on Wednesday.
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For several decades researchers have studied toxin levels in Arctic peoples and wildlife and tracked pollution sources. Peter Ross is a marine mammal toxicologist with the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans in Sidney, British Columbia.
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Researchers at the University of South Florida have been working on a biological sensor that would test waters off Florida for red tide, hoping to eventually track the harmful algae blooms.
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By The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Sep. 21--What started out as a simple dredging proposal to improve navigation at the base of Budd Inlet has turned into a costly need to clean up chemical contamination in the inlet.
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A toxic algae bloom off the coast of Washington state has grown to about 30 miles wide, the largest and most potentially lethal algae yet found by scientists in the region.
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By Carl Mario Nudi, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Mar. 10--BRADENTON BEACH -- The knee-deep stacks of rotting algae lining the beaches of Sarasota County have been sending the tourists north to Manatee County.
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Researchers are going scuba diving in Lake Michigan later this month to try to learn why an increasing amount of stinky green algae is accumulating on the shore.
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THURSDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) -- More than just a slimy nuisance that wraps itself around your ankles while you walk the beach, seaweed may actually be a powerful tool in the fight against breast cancer.
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Stari Grad bay on the island of Hvar is one of the most charming resorts in Croatia. But beneath the quiet surface of the southern Adriatic an aggressive tropical algae is threatening the sea's eco-system.
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By Audra Ang Associated Press  BEIJING - Fast-spreading, foul-smelling blue-green algae smothered a lake in eastern China, contaminating the drinking water for millions of people and sparking panic-buying of bottled water, state media said Thursday.
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VANCOUVER - A fungus usually found in tropical climates has been linked to the deaths of at least three people on Vancouver Island, raising concerns that climate change may be responsible.
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Toxic chlorine pollutants were found at unsafe levels in 40 percent of D.C. tap water samples tested this spring during the water utility's annual chlorine surge, according to a national environmental group's report to be released today.
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As many as 2,000 people have been working on a lake in eastern China each day to remove fetid blue-green algae that is again threatening the water supply for millions of people, state media reported today.
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By Tom Vogt, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Jun. 26--County officials have closed Klineline Pond to swimmers today after tests showed the water was contaminated.
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U.S. scientists are trying to determine what is causing a widespread fish kill in the Hood Canal, a fjord-like side basin of Washington State's Puget Sound.  The canal has historically been a deep and poorly flushed waterway with low dissolved oxygen concentrations.
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By Chester Allen, The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.  Jun. 14--WESTPORT -- The 11 passengers and two crew members aboard the Blue Water Too charterboat got a scare on the afternoon of June 9 when 10-to-15 foot waves broke the front windows out of the boat.
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WASHINGTON -- Several outbreaks of ciguatera fish poisoning have been confirmed in consumers who ate fish harvested in the northern Gulf of Mexico, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday.