Contingency Applied by Toxic Algae on Yucatan Coasts
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A red tide, caused by toxic algae, is affecting more than a hundred kilometers coastal of Yucatán, a fishing ban has already been decreed and the sea has been banned because of the danger of toxicity to people. Fishing communities and tourist services are the main ones affected. The Federal Commission for the Protection against Health Risks (COFEPRIS) reported that the red tide on the coasts of the municipalities of Celestún, Hunucmá and Puerto …
Governor Joaquín Díaz Mena announced the installation of an inter-institutional committee to confront the Red Tide between Progreso and Sisal; the measure includes sanitary closure, daily surveillance and information brigades on beaches SUBITED BY: EDITORIÓN Mérida, Yucatán.- Faced with the advance of the red tide on the Yucatecan coast, especially between the ports of Progreso and Sisal, Governor Joaquín Díaz Mena announced the installation of …
Health personnel identified in Yucatan two species of toxic algae, never previously detected on the coasts of the entity, which due to their high concentration already represent a health contingency, reported Domitilo Carballo Cámara, director of Protection against Health Risks of the Secretariat of Health (SSY). The official explained that the samplings carried out on August 9, whose results were analyzed on the 12th by the Inter-Institutional …
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