The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks are warning residents of the ...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP) are announcing ...

The Florida Department of Health in Orange County (DOH-Orange) cautions the public of the presence of blue-green algae in ...

In addition to algal blooms, monitoring teams have also detected benthic algal mats in several bodies of water, which can be especially dangerous to children and animals. "The problem with harmful ...

The Florida Department of Health in Osceola County (DOH-Osceola) cautions the public of the presence of blue-green algae in ...

Like coral reefs, the algae mats are critical habitats and mahi-mahi, tuna, billfish, eels, shrimp, crabs and sea turtles all use the algae to spawn, feed or hide from predators. But some ...

Boiling the water does not remove the toxin. Animals that show signs of illness after coming into contact with algal mats or scum should be taken to a vet immediately. Fish and shellfish can ...

But a possible combination of climate change, pollution from fertilizers and ocean flows and currents carrying the algae mats to the Caribbean has caused the problem to explode. While it may not ...

Dr Claire Salter, Public Health Medicine Specialist for the National Public Health Service, says the algae look like dark brown to black mats and can produce toxins harmful to people and animals.