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The collaborative interdisciplinary study is investigating how harmful blooms of blue-green algae and red tide in Florida are influencing human health.

“... “This study is about making it safe to enjoy our waterways,” says Rebecca Koszalinski, College of Nursing associate professor who leads UCF’s Human Health Outcomes of Exposure to Environmental Toxins Lab.

Koszalinski is using a One Health approach that examines how humans influence the environment and how the environment influences human health. The multidisciplinary research team includes experts from other universities as well as veterinarians, immunologists, clinical research nurses, water and air researchers, and epidemiologists. ...”

SEE: UCF Is Leading a Study to Understand Health Impacts of Algal Blooms | University of Central Florida News

https://www.ucf.edu/news/ucf-is-leading-a-study-to-understand-health-impacts-of-algal-blooms/