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Invasive seaweed threatens French Mediterranean coast
A potentially-toxic seaweed originally found off Japan has colonised a stretch of the Mediterranean coast near Marseille that is home to one of France’s most popular natural attractions. The green algae, rugulopteryx okamurae, poses a health risk because once it washes up on rocks and beaches it begins to decompose and emit hydrogen sulphide, a putrid gas that can be lethal in large doses. In recent weeks the plant has “proven to be invasive” at the wildly popular Calanques National Park, whose secluded beaches tucked in narrow, steep-walled inlets draw thousands of people every day in the high season, a spokesman told AFP. It has also been spotted on wharfs in Marseille and to the west of

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