Evidence grows of public-health risk in blue-green algae
Herald Tribune
Hats off to U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney for pressing the Centers for Disease Control and other government agencies to tell us what they know about the threat of blue-green algae. The dead fish that piled up on Florida beaches last year demonstrated the environmental impacts of red tide and blue-green algae and the dramatic consequences for tourism, businesses and, potentially, real estate values.