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Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) bloom on Lake Erie (United States) in 2009. These kinds of algae can cause harmful algal bloom. A harmful algal bloom (HAB), or excessive algae growth, is an algal bloom that causes negative impacts to other organisms by production of natural algae-produced toxins, water deoxygenation, mechanical damage to other organisms, or by other means.
A ten day Health Advisory was calculated for different ages which is considered protective of non-carcinogenic adverse health effects over a ten-day exposure to microcystins in drinking water: 0.3 μg/L for bottle-fed infants and young children of pre-school age and 1.6 μg/L for children of school age through adults. [50]: 28–29
These expansive cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms, known as cyanoHABs, increase the amount of cyanotoxins in the surrounding water, threatening the health of both aquatic and terrestrial organisms. [6] Some species of cyanobacteria that produce anatoxin-a don't produce surface water blooms but instead form benthic mats. Many cases of anatoxin ...
The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. Paul Mohai(pmohai@umich.edu) is a professor in the School of Natural Resources and Environment and a faculty associate at the Institute for Social Research, both at the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. Byoung-Suk Kweonis a research investigator at the Institute for Social Research and an adjunct ...
Several adults got into a fight at one of Mariah Carey’s recent holiday concerts, and a clip of the incident is going viral on social media, The Post reported this week.
The honey packets discourse online raises an important question: Why do some young men feel a need to use honey packets in the first place, assuming they don't have a sexual health issue? "These ...
If hydrogen cyanide is inhaled, it can cause a coma with seizures, apnea, and cardiac arrest, with death following in a matter of seconds.At lower doses, loss of consciousness may be preceded by general weakness, dizziness, headaches, vertigo, confusion, and perceived difficulty in breathing.
Eating more nutrient-dense foods and fewer ultra-processed ones is especially important for children and older adults. Their changing bodies have different energy needs and require higher-quality ...