Toxic algae known as red tide is blooming along Texas’ gulf coast, killing thousands of fish and prompting health warnings to beachgoers. Red tide algae has...
Scientists do not know what causes a red tide, but some believe high temperatures combined with a lack of wind and rainfall are usually at the root of blooms. The last red tide event in Texas was in 2018 and occurred on the upper and middle coast of Texas.
Red tides occur less frequently and do not last as long in Texas than in Florida, but they have increased in recent years, according to theAdvertisement Authorities have not closed the beaches, but they have issued health warnings to beachgoers. People who are near the water during red tide may experience eye, nose and throat irritation, as well as coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath. Those with an existing respiratory illness, such as asthma, may experience symptoms more severely.
Red tides can occur in isolated areas that do not blanket every stretch of a beach, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife. Texas has aOysters, clams and mussels can accumulate red tide toxins in their tissues and eating them may become seriously ill with neurotoxic shellfish poisoning, the department warned. The toxin is not absorbed into the fleshy tissue of fish, crabs and shrimp.This is not the only trouble the Texas coast has seen this year.
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