A group of researchers from the Area of Toxicology in the Department of Nutrition and Bromatology. Toxicology and Legal Medicine at the University of Seville has published a globally pioneering study ...

Recently, there have been increases in freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) globally. HABs are known to contaminate some of the Great Lakes such as Lake Erie, which supplies over 80% of surface ...

A toxic algae bloom is disrupting Fourth of July weekend recreation at one of the West’s most popular lakes. National Park Service officials detected the presence of cyanotoxins in the mouth of Lake ...

UPDATE (1:40 p.m. PT) — Salem has issued yet another drinking water advisory Wednesday for the city's vulnerable populations – just four days after lifting an initial advisory that prompted Gov. Kate ...

The Oregon Health Authority will soon require routine testing of water sources for toxins like those discovered in Salem's drinking water. Under temporary rules that ...

LATEST COVID UPDATES. NEW TONIGHT WE’RE HEARING FROM THE CDC ABOUT THEIR UPCOMING STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF TOXIC BLUE-GREEN ALGAE ON PEOPLE’S HEALTH. TH CEDC WILL STUDY EXPOSURE TO CYANOTOXINS DURING ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Water is now able to test drinking water for cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in house without having to use an outside lab. The utility got new equipment that is able to test raw ...

Oregon health officials on June 18 recommended people avoid swimming and high-speed water activities at Lake Billy Chinook in central Oregon because of cyanotoxins. A recreational health advisory was ...

A low-cost, portable technology has been developed that can be used to detect cyanotoxins, which are waterborne substances that can be fatal in high concentrations. Developed at North Carolina State ...

Shivangi Rao is a Scientific Officer in the Biology/DNA Division at the State Forensic Science Laboratory, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. She is also a Research Scholar in the Department of Forensic Science at ...

People today do not know the real exposure, via the food we consume, to cyanotoxins, which can affect different organs and which can be transferred to the water used for cooking, warn researchers. The ...