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Red Tide Health Alert In Hillsborough: FL Health Department - Brandon, FL - The Florida Health Department has sent out a health alert that red tide blooms have been seen in some Tampa Bay water areas.
The Hillsborough County Health Department issued a health alert on Thursday.
Elevated levels of Red Tide were detected in water samples taken from parts of Tampa Bay. Now Hillsborough County health officials are advising people against swimming in certain areas. Medium concentrations of Red Tide were detected in four samples from June 1 and June 2 pulled around Port Manatee in lower Tampa Bay, according to a map from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...
Health officials in Hillsborough County are advising people about red tide detected in parts of lower and middle Tampa Bay.
Over the past two days, various samples have been taken to test the waterways in between Hillsborough and Manatee counties. While the FWC says they did show red tide in both areas, the levels are low and they’re not seeing any major impacts at this time.