Glyphosate Ban Necessary Call for Lake Okeechobee

/ Published in blue-green algae, chemical treatment
Applying aquatic herbicides to kill lake weeds.
While officials admit that glyphosate is only a small part of the problem with algae blooms on Lake Okeechobee in Florida, they do believe that their decision to temporarily suspend the use of aquatic plant killers was a “necessary call.” Glyphosate is widely used in Lake Okeechobee to kill invasive species and leaves deposits of

Toxic Blue-Green Algae Kills More Than a Hundred Elk

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Toxic Blue-Green Algae
A hunter stumbled upon a bizarre sight on a 75,000-acre ranch north of Las Vegas, N.M., on Aug. 27: the remains of more than 100 dead elk. Livestock deaths are not unusual, but so many animals dying off, and doing so in what seems to be under 24 hours, was puzzling to scientists Officials with