Health officials warn those with respiratory problems to avoid the surf Saturday, December 15, 2007 Staff Report
Elevated levels of the microscopic organism that causes red tides was detected in samples taken along Baldwin County's beaches Thursday, according the Alabama Department of Public Health.
Each of the samples taken at a variety of places between Fort Morgan and Alabama Point in Orange Beach showed elevated levels of the dinoflaggelate Karenia brevis, health officials said. In some cases concentrations of the tiny toxin-producing organisms were high enough to kill fish and stain the water.
Bill Smith, a Health Department lab manager, said the lowest concentrations showed 19,000 cells per liter of water and the highest was 170,000 cells per liter.
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