Toxic Algae Blooms: What You Should Know
By Iris Myers and Sarah Graddy, Environmental Working Group Toxic algae blooms are a growing epidemic, polluting lakes and other waterways across the U.S., as a 2018 EWG report revealed. They can occur any time, but they thrive when water is warmer, usually from May through October. Toxic algae blooms occur when bacteria-laden fertilizer and manure from farms […]