Item talk:Q227492

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 "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/programs/environmental-health-program/science/toxins-and-harmful-algal-blooms-science-team",
 "headline": "Toxins and Harmful Algal Blooms Science Team",
 "datePublished": "September 11, 2021",
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     "name": "Keith A Loftin, Ph.D.",
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     "name": "Lisa Reynolds Fogarty",
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     "text": "Algal blooms frequently occur in our Nation's water resources and can cause economic, ecologic, and human health concerns. Algal blooms often contain cyanobacteria and other microorganisms, which can produce natural toxins. Yet, the actual health threats posed to the public, pets, livestock, and wildlife by these toxins in water resources used for recreation and drinking water remain poorly understood. Consequently, in order to be protective from potential health risks, rapid decisions are often made by land managers, public utilities and others to limit access to water resources for recreation or drinking water. These decisions are often based largely on a perception of potential risk."
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     "text": "The team develops advanced methods to study factors driving algal toxin production, how and where wildlife or humans are exposed to toxins, and ecotoxicology.  That information is used to develop decision tools to understand if \u200btoxin exposure leads to adverse health effects in order to protect human and wildlife health."
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     "text": "The U.S. Geological Survey\u2019s (USGS) Toxins and Harmful Algal Blooms Research Team works with multiple stakeholders to quantify toxin exposure and effects, identify hazards and vulnerabilities, develop tools to quantify and forecast toxin occurrence and exposure, and estimate socioeconomic impacts. Knowledge gained is used to identify actual versus perceived health risks posed by natural toxins. The team\u2019s approach for understanding health impacts of algal toxins on humans and wildlife is a sequential process where each step informs the next in the laboratory and in the field. This approach involves teams of USGS scientists working at field sites across the United States, and in collaboration with other scientists to address human and wildlife health concerns."
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