Workers remove massive accumulations of Sargassum seaweed from a Caribbean beach in the Riviera Maya near Cancun, Mexico, in June 2025. elena.tres/Shutterstock

Seaweed strandings cause a stink – here’s why they harm your health

When free-floating patches of seaweed are pushed together by currents and winds, seaweed strandings can inundate the coastline with often devastating consequences.

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