Toxic Red Tides: Scientist Tracks Neurotoxin-Producing Algae

Toxic Red Tides: Scientist Tracks Neurotoxin-Producing Algae
Sep. 30, 2011
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"With toxic algal blooms -- which can increase the amount of harmful toxins in the shellfish that California residents consume -- ramping up in frequency and severity locally, scientists at USC have developed a new algae monitoring method in hopes of one day being able to predict when and where toxic 'red tides' will occur."

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