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WPTV went out to Lake Okeechobee and spoke with environmentalists on some potential, positive moves to keep toxic water out ...
Toxic algae in the C-44 Canal prompted a Florida Department of Health water advisory July 18, four days after the state took ...
Do not cook or clean dishes with water contaminated by algae blooms. Boiling the water will not eliminate toxins. Eating fillets from healthy fish caught in freshwater lakes experiencing blooms is ...
The Florida Department of Health in Orange County has issued a health alert for harmful blue-green algae toxins in Lake Olivia.
An alga that threatens freshwater ecosystems and is toxic to vertebrates has a sneaky way of ensuring its success: It ...
State health officials have issued and adjusted harmful algal bloom (HAB) public health advisories for a number of lakes ...
Th Florida Department of Health office in Indian River County issued a health alert for toxic algae in the Stick Marsh on ...
Lake Champlain Loses Allure As Poisonous Algae Surface. Vermont Now Trying to Undo Years of Pollution Damage. October 10, 2004. By ...
A federal court decision Wednesday blocks the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from using a potentially harmful algaecide at ...
A council is set to give up ownership of a lake after inspectors found high levels of toxicity in the water. On 2 July, the ...
SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health in Seminole County has issued a health alert for the presence of harmful blue-green algae toxins in Lake Jesup. The alert is in response ...
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health in Orange County (DOH-Orange) cautions the public of the presence of blue-green algae in Lake Killarney (Killarney Drive) on May 12, 2025 ...