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Green Algae Pollution In Florida

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Florida has a lot to boast for with it’s beautiful beaches and vibrant wildlife that attracts many tourists from around the world. This attraction to Florida, however, is being plagued by the overwhelming amount of pollution that Florida is facing. This pollution can range from the simplest form of a trash littered beach that almost any resident of Florida can attest to or it can take the form of something much greater. This greater form of pollution is the massive outbreak of green algae that has occurred in Florida with one of the most recent back in July of this year. The algae outbreak is caused by “fertilizer sewage and manure pollution that the state has failed to properly regulate” as stated by Earthjustice spokeswoman Alisa Coe. This
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