{"id":1875676,"date":"2023-03-13T14:13:13","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T18:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-residents-report-breathing-issues-burning-eyes-amid-toxic-red-tide-algae-flare-up\/"},"modified":"2023-03-13T14:14:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T18:14:52","slug":"florida-residents-report-breathing-issues-burning-eyes-amid-toxic-red-tide-algae-flare-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-residents-report-breathing-issues-burning-eyes-amid-toxic-red-tide-algae-flare-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida residents report breathing issues, burning eyes amid toxic red tide algae flare-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflorida-residents-report-breathing-issues-burning-eyes-amid-toxic-red-tide-algae-flare-up%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1875676&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78719654\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16;height:9\">                                                                                                         <\/div>\n<p>                var _bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ &#8220;div&#8221;: &#8220;Brid_78719654&#8221;, &#8220;obj&#8221;: {&#8220;id&#8221;:&#8221;27789&#8243;,&#8221;width&#8221;:&#8221;16&#8243;,&#8221;height&#8221;:&#8221;9&#8243;,&#8221;video&#8221;:&#8221;1261640&#8243;} });                              <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">T<\/span>oxic crimson tide algae have appeared throughout the southwest coast of <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida<\/a>, afflicting residents of seven counties with a number of well being points. <\/p>\n<p>In areas of excessive focus, residents are being affected by signs together with burning eyes and respiratory points, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/environment\/2023\/03\/08\/red-tide-florida-2023-tampa-bay-pinellas-beach-spring-break\/?utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_campaign=SocialFlow&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_content=%40TB_Tmes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in keeping with<\/a> the <i>Tampa Bay Occasions<\/i>. Jemima Douge, a healthcare schooling specialist on the Florida Poison Info Heart in <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tampa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tampa<\/a>, informed the outlet that Florida\u2019s Poison Management Facilities have admitted 36 folks for crimson tide publicity this 12 months alone. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/miami-border-patrol-agents-apprehend-352-illegal-foreign-nationals-in-february\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MIAMI BORDER PATROL AGENTS APPREHEND 352 ILLEGAL FOREIGN NATIONALS IN FEBRUARY<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>The newest bloom, outlined as 100,000 crimson tide-forming cells for each liter of water, began in October however has since unfold all throughout the state&#8217;s southwest coast. Authorities worry it might persist for a while. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\">                 Purple tide is noticed close to Pinellas County seashores off Redington Seashore, Fla., throughout a flight with SouthWings volunteers on Friday, March 10, 2023. Florida&#8217;s southwest coast skilled a flare-up of the poisonous crimson tide algae this week, setting off considerations that it might proceed to stay round for some time. The present bloom began in October. (Douglas R. Clifford\/Tampa Bay Occasions by way of AP)                <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\">                 Douglas R. Clifford\/AP                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Marybeth Dunn, president of the Indian Rocks Seashore Owners Affiliation, introduced the cancellation of an area seashore pageant scheduled for April 15 over fears that the bloom will persist. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so early in the year \u2014 red tide is going to be hanging on for a while, and it\u2019s more than likely going to get worse as time goes on,\u201d Dunn informed the outlet. \u201cThis is a fairly big event. We had vendors, sponsors, and events lined up. So we wanted to give them an opportunity to get other gigs.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot say when it\u2019s going to go away,\u201d Bob Weisberg, former director of the College of South Florida\u2019s Ocean Circulation Lab, echoed. \u201cWe really can\u2019t project what\u2019s going to happen two months from now \u2015 but we have to pay attention to what\u2019s going on now.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\">                 Lifeless fish lay on the excessive tide line on Clearwater Seashore on Thursday, March 9, 2023, in Pinellas County, Fla. Florida&#8217;s southwest coast skilled a flare-up of the poisonous crimson tide algae this week, setting off considerations that it might proceed to stay round for some time. The present bloom began in October. (Douglas R. Clifford\/Tampa Bay Occasions by way of AP)                <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\">                 Douglas R. Clifford\/AP                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>The bloom has additionally wrought havoc on the realm&#8217;s wildlife. Mandy Edmunds, a parks supervisor with St. Pete Seashore, mentioned that roughly 1,000 kilos of lifeless fish have been cleared from the seashores round Tampa Bay in March alone. Except for the lifeless fish, native wildlife specialists have counted 104 sea turtles believed to have been killed by the algae, together with seven manatees. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\">                                                     <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Learn Extra From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/florida-toxic-red-tide-algae\">Florida residents report respiration points, burning eyes amid poisonous crimson tide algae flare-up<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toxic red tide algae have appeared across the southwest coast of Florida, afflicting residents of seven counties with multiple health issues. In areas of high concentration, residents are being affected by symptoms including burning eyes and respiratory issues, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Jemima Douge, a healthcare education specialist at the Florida Poison Information<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1897074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[21492,7099,4966,7539,21493,5113,4065,7741,3819,4647,13339,9660],"class_list":["post-1875676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-algae","tag-breathing","tag-burning","tag-eyes","tag-flare-up","tag-florida","tag-issues","tag-red","tag-report","tag-residents","tag-tide","tag-toxic"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1875676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1897074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1875676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1875676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1875676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}