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Florida Officials Warn Of Flesh Eating Bacteria

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 County. Authorities said nine people have died of the bacteria in Florida, including a 59-year-old man in Palm Coast. Officials said the bacteria can be contracted ...[READ MORE]

Fracking In Florida!?

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 deep exploratory well in close proximity to a relatively densely populated residential area known as Golden Gate. In ...[READ MORE]

Fluoride safety debate bubbles up once again – USA Today

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 severe in areas with more fluoride in drinking water, prompting U.S. communities to add it to their water. Yet the Obama administration is moving to lower its ...[READ MORE]

Food & Water Watch – Ask the Florida Legislature to pass SB 118

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. Support bottled water trash cleanup! You see it everywhere. Trash from bottled water shows up in our neighborhoods and parks, polluting the environment. On top of that, bottled water costs ...[READ MORE]

Brain eating amoeba? How to protect yourself

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 known as "Naegleria fowleri"--was to blame. "Sadly, we have had a Naegleria infection in Virginia this summer," Dr.  Keri Hall ...[READ MORE]