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Red tide scientists from Sarasota Roskamp Institute will be on Saibel Island next week seeking volunteers to help researchers understand how the toxins enter a body, how long they stay, and how they are eliminated. Predicting red tide's presence and intensity, much less how to ease the symptoms of exposure other than leave the area it’s in, remains a challenging pursuit.
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Sarasota’s Roskamp Institute will be at SCCF to draft 400 volunteers for a study on why some of those exposed to red tide end up in respiratory distress

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