In 1997, scientists found a newly
identified microorganism, the dinoflagellate Pfiesteria piscida, in
water samples taken from a bay tributary. The presence of large
numers of this organism (a bloom) was purportedly associated with
observations of thousands of dead fish as well as with reports of a
wide range of adverse human health effects. Reports of this
purported association created excessive public concern about
exposure to estuarine waters and a general distrust in seafood that
prompted a flood of inqurieis to public health and environmental
quality agencies. Since then, the Centers of Disease Control and
Prevention........
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