Health officials warn of bacteria along coast 26 cases of Vibrio vulnificus reported across state Officials said anyone who comes in contact with Vibrio vulnificus runs the risk of getting sick. Twenty-six cases of the bacteria have been reported across the state. Two of them were in Volusia County, and one was in Flagler … [Read more…]
Floridians Alarmed As Industry Signals Desire To ‘Frack’ and Drill Populated Areas Written By: Sayer Ji, Founder – www.greenmedinfo.com In what is shaping up to be a move as potentially disastrous for the Collier family name as the Collier county environment, a May 2013 drilling permit application by Dan A. Hughes company describes their intent to drill a 13,900 foot … [Read more…]
Consumers hearing that some U.S. communities will no longer add fluoride to their drinking water, such as Florida’s Pinellas County, may wonder whether this cavity fighter is safe. The short answer: Most health professionals say yes, as long as people don’t ingest too much of it. Studies in the 1930s found tooth decay was less … [Read more…]
Help Clean Up Florida Waterways Bottled water does serious damage to our environment, and it should pay its fair share of the cleanup. Ask the Florida Legislature to pass SB 118, a bill that will use a surcharge on bottled water to fund a new program to clean up bottled water trash from the environment. … [Read more…]
News reports say a parasite known as the “brain-eating amoeba” has claimed its second young American victim this month. Christian Strickland, a 9-year-old from Henrico County in Virginia contracted an infection after visiting a fishing camp in his state. He died of meningitis on August 5. This week, health department officials confirmed that the deadly amoeba–officially … [Read more…]