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Nearly a decade ago I had heard about the Pfiesteria piscicida organism sometimes called the fish sucker - you can read a portion of the book And the Waters Turned to Blood: the Ultimate Biological Threat by Rodney Barker (1997) online.
The _cell from hell_ is a description of the organism JoAnn Burkholder, Ph.D., found in North Carolina waterways. I recall hearing author Rodney Barker on CoasttoCoastam.com talk about his book with the grim history of the fish sucker that also attacked humans.
Subsequent discussion focused on what some referred to as a primeval organism that could have been disturbed in river beds and other waterways possibly caused by urban sewage effluent, pig and chicken farm waste, et al. North Carolina had tried to quarantine off a section of the river (!) which would be a feat indeed. I never heard what happened with that notion. (I attended grad school at Chapel Hill earlier.)
Preliminary symptoms of Alzheimers had appeared in more than one scientific researcher and crab fishermen could not remember if they were supposed to buy or sell crabs in their trucks.
I have not heard much about this organism in recent years. It reportedly had become airborne which was a threat to tourists, swimmers and others.
Reading this thread, I recalled what I had read about this _cell from hell_. It was said to be a thousand times stronger than cyanide: see:
ttps://www.msu.edu/unit/msuaa/magazine/f97/burkhold.htm>
Jo Ann Burkholder, Ph.D., has been a courageous researcher; her home page and vitae are at:
ttp://www.cals.ncsu.edu/plantbiology/Faculty/jburkholder/jburkholder.htm>
(She had received threats to her life.)
See also:
ttp://gis.lrs.uoguelph.ca/agrienvarchives/bioenergy/download/okun_human_health_hogs.pdf>
Human Health Issues Associated with the Hog Industry January 1999
Section 3 includes a discussion: Pfiesteria: a potential marker of polluted waters
4.5 Swine or Spanish Flu of 1918
4.6 Hog as 'Mixing Vessel' for Avian and Human Viruses
and
And the Waters Turned to Blood: the Ultimate Biological Threat by Rodney Barker (investigative journalist and editor)
From the book cover:
"In this account, Rodney Barker tells the full and terrifying story of a microorganism popping up along the Eastern seaboard - far closer to home than the Ebola virus and equally frightening. In the coastal waters of North Carolina - and now extending as far north as the Chesapeake Bay area - a mysterious and deadly aquatic organism named Pfiesteria piscicida threatens to unleash an environmental nightmare and human tragedy of catastrophic proportions.
"At the very center of this narrative is the heroic effort of Dr. JoAnn Burkholder and her colleagues, embattled and dedicated scientists confronting medical, political, and corporate powers to understand and conquer this new scourge before it claims more
victims."
I conjecture that low oxygen levels in estuaries in summer months could be exacerbated by global warming. Serious droughts have occurred in the last two decades and are anticipated to get worse. Recall that we had been warned for years
that global warming would mean an increase in diseases.
There is the theory that since boomers turned Social Security eligible age this
year that something would have to be done to curtail population.... But why would they go after the income generating segment of the population age 24-48?
I attended grad school in N. Carolina and could scarcely tolerate the heat for even one summer. I eventually changed my diet and my coast.
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and they won. 
