Question

Discuss the pros and cons of how the Florida Department of Health failed communicating information about emails showing agency struggled to manage algae crisis.

Answer 1

Florida Department of health failed to communicate information about emails showing agency struggled to manage the algae crisis as it would be counted as incompetency of the department and its incapability of not achieving its goal.to overcome Harmful Algal Blooms. Harmful algal blooms are a major environmental problem in all 50 states. Red tides, blue-green algae, and cyanobacteria are examples of harmful algal blooms that can have severe impacts on human health, aquatic ecosystems, and the economy. Algal blooms can be toxic.

Three giant fish flopped out of the truck onto the ground from this load that was brought from a few of the beaches on Sanibel Island. The amounts of fish and ocean creatures being brought in are slowing down, but the beaches are still being cleaned up. The county and islands have collected millions of pounds of fish and sea creatures after a large Red Tide outbreak. Where does it go in the end? The landfill. Once the ocean creatures are collected from the beaches, they are brought to the landfill, mixed with other trash, and then burned

With toxic algae fouling Southwest Florida’s inland waterways and coastline last year, state health officials faced a flood of worried questions as people turned to them for crisis leadership

There was a devastating loss of life which had an impact on the aquatic and the terrestrial population.

Pros could be that they didn't want people to get panic with the death scenarios of sea life