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Toxic algae bloom crisis hits Florida, drives away tourists
2016-07-03 15:06:29| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tampa Bay Times: Instead of red, white and blue, the color of the day is green. Thick, putrid layers of toxic blue-green algae are lapping at the sand, forcing Martin County officials to close the beach as a health hazard. "I've seen Jensen Beach closed for sharks," said Irene Gomes, whose family has run the Driftwood Motel since 1958. "I've never seen it closed for an algae bloom before." As bad as it looks, the stench is far worse, driving away Gomes' motel customers, chasing off paddleboard and kayak renters...
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Toxic algae bloom blankets Florida beaches, prompts state of emergency
2016-07-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CNN: Local family business loses thousands in revenue this Fourth of July weekendAn environmental groups blames the state's pollution regulationsFlorida Gov. Rick Scott points to water storage limitations Jordan Schwartz, owner of the Ohana Surf Shop, said he wanted to cry when he saw the green slime -- a toxic algae bloom -- covering his swath of Stuart Beach on Florida's east coast. "Animals are in distress, some are dying, the smell is horrible," he told CNN on Friday. "You have to wear a...
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Birds Eye View of Catastrophic Toxic Mine-Waste Spill in Brazil
2016-07-02 06:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: On Nov. 5, 2015, a mine-waste dam collapsed at an enormous iron mine in southeastern Brazil. The wave of toxic waste was at least twice the volume of the Johnstown Flood and wiped out buildings and bridges more than 40 miles downstream. Using post-spill satellite imagery and Google Earth, we have produced a bird`s-eye view of the devastation wrought by the deluge of arsenic-laced sludge. During the spill, we reported extensively on the immediate aftermath visible on satellite imagery, the remaining...
Vietnam blames toxic waste water from steel plant for mass fish deaths
2016-07-01 11:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Vietnams government has said toxic discharges from a Taiwanese-owned steel plant were responsible for massive fish deaths that have decimated tourism and fishing in four provinces and highlighted the risks of rapid growth in foreign investment. An estimated 70 tonnes of dead fish washed ashore along more than 200 km (125 miles) of Vietnams central coastline in early April, sparking rare protests across the country after the Taiwanese company denied any wrongdoing. A government minister, Mai...
Soy diesel less toxic than other fuels
2016-06-29 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: Unlike conventional diesel, fuel made from soybeans does not directly damage lung cells, a lab study has shown. "Some of the soybean biodiesel presently being used in Brazil does not exhibit direct adverse effects on human lung cells nor [does it] induce inflammatory response,' says the paper, published in the August issue of the journal Toxicology in Vitro. To assess the fuels' toxic effects, researchers from Brazil and Puerto Rico exposed lung cell cultures to particles emitted by the combustion...
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