RTFlux™: A groundbreaking organic herbal cure against harmful algal blooms known as Red Tide. Red tide is a natural seaborne bloom that, in large quantities, kills fish and marine features, sweeping them ashore and littering beaches. It also kills manatees. It unleashes toxic gases that cause coughing, running noses and respiratory problems in humans. That means big trouble for the large beach tourism businesses.

RTFlux™ has been developed over many years by the research team of Arab Biotechnology Company (www.arabbio.com) and had shown unprecedented results in treating Red Tide. RTFlux differs from other solutions available today in that it is manufactured from organic herbs and rapidly kills HAB without disturbing the environment and marine systems. It is considered to be the most promising solution available today to completely eliminate harmful algae.

RTFlux Effectiveness:

• 30-50 % of HAB are killed within 5 minutes from RTFlux™ dispersal 
• 75-90 % of HAB are killed within 50 minutes of RTFlux™ dispersal

RTFlux™ key features and benefits:

Protected by international PCT the RTFlux™ formulation is:

• Unique formula from approved organic and environmentally friendly herbal ingredients and materials
• Effective solution for water quality protection strategies
• Terminates red tide algal blooms quickly ( in one hour) while traditional treatments take 4 times daily for 7 days
• Tolerated minimal side effects on environment, fisheries, larvae and marine life o Improves oxygen levels in seawater
• Abolish and disappears by 90% within 2-3 days in water 
• Effective either inactive or preventive action modes o No future impact observed on treated sea areas 
• Cost effective
• Quick results, causing rapid death to the red tide 
• No side effects on marine mammals & eco-systems
• No alteration in treated water specification has been observed 

The herbal material can treat or prevent harmful algal blooms (HAB) while working on two algaecide modes of actions (chemical and physical) to control and destroy the HAB The herbal material can treat or prevent harmful algal blooms (HAB) while working on two algaecide modes of actions (chemical and physical) to control and destroy the HAB.

RTFlux™ – the perfect organic ecological cure to challenging Red Tide

• ABI team has managed to clean demo areas of the Gulf from HABs within less than 1 hour by using environment-friendly mitigation strategies for red tides
• ABI has successfully tested RTFlux™ - algaecide organic product that shown high and swift action for treating red tide through disturbing the osmotic pressure of the cell cause swell and explosion (apoptosis)
• RTFlux™ has no environmental impact toward the marine species and the mammalians
• Several filed experiments were carried on the larvae and sorts of fishes using RTFlux shown no side effects 
• No alteration in the treated water specification has been observed according to the experiments 
• RTFlux™ in its powder form degraded in water within 3 days 
• Use of an algicidal formulation for the disinfection of vessels and other marine tools, instruments and facilities contaminated with HAB

Target algae species: 

• Cochlodinium polykrikoides 
• Prorocentrum triestinum

In addition RTFlux also targeted other waterborne apt example: blue-green algae and protozoan parasite Cryptosporidium

Results: 

• Recovery and good survival of fish and abalone 
• Lysis and death of C. polykrikoides 
• Nitrate and phosphorus removal. Nitrate nitrogen and other nutrients can affect water quality and pose human health hazard. Consuming nitrate nitrogen can alter the body's ability to transport oxygen, causing a condition called methemoglobinemia, also known, as Blue Baby Syndrome
• Limited impacts on benthic community

Red Tide Harmful Impact: 

• Human illness via consumption of seafood contaminated by HABs 
• Production of neurotoxins which cause mass mortalities in fish, seabirds and marine mammals 
• Mechanical damage to other organisms, such as disruption of epithelial gill tissues in fish, resulting in asphyxiation 
• Oxygen depletion of the water column from cellular respiration and bacterial degradation 
• Noxious blooms (aesthetics) 
• Macro algal blooms
• Freshwater toxins (drinking water) 
• Waterborne HABs is of particular concern since a number of municipal water treatment plants still do not have any filtration and that these microorganism can sometimes find their way in the distribution system and cause disease in the population
• The households more affected were those living within 2 miles of the waterborne HABs, reporting symptoms such as headaches, runny nose, sore throat, excessive coughing, burning eyes, and diarrhea. In addition, the existence of HABs in beaches results in loss of property values
• Closures of beaches to protect human health can result in revenue losses for local communities, especially during holiday weekends or planned events 
• Temporary shutdown of water desalination stations and other industrial plants

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