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NEW: This Palm Beach County river suffers after blue-green algae outbreak

Palm Beach County was largely spared last summer’s scourge of algae that bled toxic streams of green into northern estuaries, but it didn’t escape entirely, and one treasured waterway still suffers. ... read more

TCPalm's opinion team demanded change in 2017

Palm Beach County ... toxic blue-green algae discharges. (Photo: CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY CITIZENS FOR CLEAN WATER) Opinion and Engagement Editor Eve Samples wrote many columns in 2017 on the dire need to ... read more

Florida reels after toxic algae outbreak ravages the coastline leaving marine life in peril

Back in July, 15 people were treated on Monday and Tuesday by the Martin Health System for symptoms related to algae toxins. They had been in contact with St. Lucie River, located near West Palm Beach ... read more

Toxic Red Algae Plague Florida’s Three Most Populated Counties

Water test results released Thursday confirmed that the red tide stretched down to Florida’s most populous county, Miami-Dade. To the north, Palm Beach shorelines were reopened to the public Friday ... read more

The half-billion dollar project to address toxic algae, easily explained

The result is a salinity imbalance that grows toxic blue-green algae during the wet season ... RELATED: Fight over Lake Okeechobee: TCoast versus Palm Beach County? Carrozzo is heartened that an ... read more

Miami-Dade to reopen beaches Friday despite red tide detected in coastal waters off Miami

Palm Beach County closed its beaches for much of the week but planned to reopen them Friday after posting signs warning of possible health effects. Scientists believe the toxic algae got swept ... ... read more

Here's What's Causing the Toxic Algae Blooms Infesting Florida's Coastlines and Waterways

Such nutrients, along with other environmental factors (such as warmer temperatures), promote the growth of blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria ... St. Lucie, Lee and Palm Beach counties," ... read more

Algae blooms a blight in Leon lakes

The infestation of the stemless, rootless aquatic plant is not as dramatic as the outbreak in central Florida’s Lake Okeechobee. But local scientists say it poses a threat to Wakulla Springs. The blue ... read more

Federal dike repair money coming amid toxic algae woes in South Florida

Heather Fitzenhagen, R-Fort Myers, wrote a letter to Scott requesting a state of emergency in the Lee County area due to red tide and blue-green algae blooms in the Caloosahatchee River ... this ... read more

Gov. Rick Scott issues state of emergency for Martin, St. Lucie counties over toxic algae

Rick Scott issued an emergency order for Martin, St. Lucie, Palm Beach, Okeechobee ... The announcement came after the governor's tour of the Caloosahatchee River estuary, which has been slimed by a ... read more

Rick Scott says Florida ready to address red tide in Atlantic

The announcement came after the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission found the toxic bacteria present in low-to-medium amounts in the Atlantic Ocean off Palm Beach County. “While red tide ... read more