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Festival Canceled, Businesses Interrupted as Red Tide, Brown Seaweed Hit Florida

Residents are complaining about burning eyes and breathing problems. Dead fish have washed up. A beachside festival has been canceled, even though it wasn’t scheduled for another month. To add to the misery, a giant stretch of brown seaweed is …

Study Shows Pollution, Runoff Intensify Red Tide Blooms in Florida Waters

A new study by University of Florida researchers has provided one of the strongest correlations yet, showing that red tide outbreaks in coastal waters are exacerbated by man-made pollution. “There has been this kind of uncertainty about whether there is …