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Toxic algae bloom triggers health advisory for Charles River
The Charles River Watershed Association said it marks the river’s first significant bloom in four years.Cyanobacteria, also ...
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Both Riviera Beach and Big Foot Beach State Park both closed because of reported algae bloom
The Walworth County Division of Public Health, in partnership with the Geneva Lake Environmental Agency and the city of Lake Geneva, has officially closed Riviera Beach. The Big Foot Beach State Park ...
Algae that looks like wet tobacco, can kill pets, sicken people, is growing in Lake Wylie
That problem is lyngbya, or blue-green algae that can cause sickness for people and pets who come in contact with it. It only ...
Lake Turns Green as Toxic Scum-Making Algae Bloom: 'Stay out of the Water'
"Toxins concentrate in surface scums during calm weather," NOAA warned. "People and pets should not swim in areas with scum." ...
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We finally know what caused Florida fish to spin in circles until they died
a marine ecologist who studies algal blooms at Florida Gulf Coast University, revealed that levels of water samples showed higher than normal levels of a type of seafloor-dwelling dinoflagellate ...
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Specialists believe they have an explanation for the mysterious deaths of several cattle
Dr. Kevin Washburn, a veterinarian with Texas A&M, says the algae found is pretty common. “It’s usually not harmful until it undergoes a bloom ... right into the pond full of nutrients ...