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Advocate says algal bloom information ‘inconsistent’, amid survey of health impacts of the bloom

In the peak of South Australia’s algal bloom outbreak, asthmatic Victor Harbor resident Jackson Baker was coughing so much every day it hurt. The harmful algal bloom was first detected on his coastal town’s shore in March 2025, before it spread across the state’s coast. Since then, varying levels of algal bloom species, including Karenia…

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New Brunswick steps in to help oyster industry amid disease outbreak – New Brunswick

New Brunswick’s provincial government has announced programs to help oyster producers as the industry deals with disease affecting the the animals. MSX (multinucleate sphere unknown) and dermo diseases do not affect human health or food safety, the province notes, but they do kill oysters. The diseases have been increasing mortalities in the oyster population and Agriculture…

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