Aerosol Toxins From Red Tides May Cause Long-term Health Threat
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - 10:14
in Biology & Nature
An algal toxin commonly inhaled in sea spray, attacks and damages DNA in the lungs of laboratory rats. The findings document how the body's way of disposing the toxin inadvertently converts it to a molecule that damages DNA. Human inhalation of brevetoxins produced by the red tide organism, Karenia brevis, is an increasing public health concern.
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