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Bureau of Community Public Health Medicine

Aquatic Toxins Hotline

The Department of Health, in cooperation with the Florida Poison Information Center-Miami, established a Hotline to assist in surveillance activities. This hotline is operated 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and is staffed by professional nurses, toxicologists, and pharmacologists trained to assist citizens with their health and safety concerns.

Report suspected illnesses related to aquatic toxins exposures/harmful algea to the Harmful Algal Bloom Hotline at 1-888-232-8635

Report fish kills to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commision at 1-800-636-0511

Point of Contact

Andrew Reich MS, MSPH
Coordinator
Aquatic Toxins Program
Florida Department of Health
4052 Bald Cypress Way,  Bin # A08
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1742

Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing (F.S. 668.6076).

Andy Reich
850.245.4187
Fax: (850) 487-0864

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