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Aquatic Toxins and HAB Links

The following links (open in a new window) have been compiled to allow more access to a wider range of HAB related information. Links to any commercial site should not construe any particular endorsement of those sites. This listing is divided into four categories.  The first three contain links to non Department of Health Sites sites which will open in a new window. The fourth contains links to other DOH programs which will replace this page:

Government Sites: (open in new window)

National Institutes of Health

National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

Naegleria
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's fact sheet on Naegleria infection

Current Florida Red Tide Status
Florida Marine Research Institute's Current Status on Red Tide Blooms in Florida.

Cercarial dermatitis
Centers of Disease Control and Prevention's fact sheet on Cercarial Dermatitis.

Academic / Research Sites (open in new window)

Perdue University

Swimmer's itch
Information on Swimmer's itch or Seabather's Eruption

Harmful Algal Research and Response: A National Environmental Science Strategy 2005-2015
Woods Hole Oceanograhic Institute

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science:
http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/groups/ohh/
http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/groups/niehs/science/toxins.jsp

Mote Marine Laboratory:
http://www.mote.org

Environmental and Health Groups: (open in new window)

Tips for treating bites and stings
Tips for treating stings

Solutions to Avoid Red Tide (START) Citizens Organization
 

Links Within the Department of Health

Food and Waterborne Illness Program
Bureau of Community Environmental Health's Food and Waterborne Illness Program

Healthy Beaches Program
The Department of Health's information on Florida beaches

Swimming Pools and Bathing Places
The Department of Health's information on swimming and bathing places

Return to the Aquatic Toxins Home Page

"Our Gulf Environment" Sarasota County Health Department Environmental Health Programhttp://www.ourgulfenvironment.net/HomePage.aspx

Sarasota County Health Department

FDOH Safe Beaches


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