The enormous mat of sargassum seaweed is thought to span 5,000 miles and weigh about 13 million tons.
"You know how rotten eggs smell. Because it's not just the seaweed itself but there are bits and pieces, there's little crabs in there, small fish get caught up. It's a natural ecosystem in its own way. But all that stuff gets beached, and it rots and stinks."
Acute sargassum toxicity includes symptoms like heart palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, headache and skin rashes. The bloom was especially massive, measuring an estimated 20 million tons as of July 2018.and coastal communities, especially during the tourist season.
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