Algae toxin may be causing Alzheimer's in dolphins. Illness could signal risks for humans

4/1/2019
Scientists have found something troubling off the coasts of Florida and Massachusetts: The brains of beached dolphins are showing signs of ...
Dolphins have now also been found dead with Alzheimer's-like plagues in their brains, strongly indicating that they likely beached themselves as a ...
This neurotoxin is produced by blue-green algae blooms, as it is not hard to be caught up in the ocean food web. For a long while now, the cause of ...
3/30/2019
Over a dozen dolphins, stranded on the beaches of Florida and Massachusetts, have been found with brains full of amyloid plaques, a hallmark of ...
Produced by blue-green algae blooms, this neurotoxin is easily caught up in the ocean food web, and chronic dietary exposure has long been ...
3/29/2019
MELBOURNE, Fla. - In a new study that has implications for people living along the Florida coast, scientists have discovered that dolphins appear to ...
In an alarming new study that has implications for people living along the Florida coast, scientists have discovered that dolphins here appear to be ...
A warming planet that fuels more frequent toxic algae blooms may worsen the threat, especially in ... The toxin is associated with common algae.
Dolphins are an excellent sentinel species for toxic exposures in the marine environment,” said senior author Dr. Deborah Mash, a researcher at the ...
3/27/2019
MIAMI - The outbreak of toxic red algae off Florida beaches in 2018 is linked to a number of dolphins developing Alzheimer's Disease, according to a ...
MIAMI - The outbreak of toxic red algae off Florida beaches in 2018 is linked to a number of dolphins developing Alzheimer's Disease, according to a ...
It's time to build a nursing home in Florida — for dolphins. A large number of the sea mammals who have been stranding themselves on the beaches ...
'As the world's climate warms, harmful algal blooms are becoming more frequent, including in eastern China, which has seen some of the largest ...
Beached dolphins could be suffering from Alzheimer's after they were exposed to toxins produced by algae blooms in coastal waters, a study found.
3/25/2019
Toxins produced from nasty blue-green algae made an appearance in dead dolphins that tested positive for brain disease. The Miami Herald reports a ...
A toxic blue-green algae that choked the Fort Myers-Cape Coral area last summer has shown up in dolphins with brain disease. Researchers tested ...
Toxic algae blooms may be to blame for a brain disease found in dolphins that researchers are saying is similar to Alzheimer's. A recent study by the ...

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