Maine rides optimism into $99 million general obligation bond sale
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Drinking water advisory for Palm Beach lifted after toxin levels fall
Palm Beach Daily News
Palm Beach residents and businesses were notified Friday afternoon they can resume using tap water for drinking and cooking, one week after the City of West Palm Beach issued a drinking water advisory following the discovery of a dangerous toxin in its water supply.
West Palm Beach, which supplies water to the town and nearby South Palm Beach, lifted the alert it announced May 28 after tests showed the city s water supply was contaminated with cylindrospermopsin, a toxin produced by blue-green algae that can cause health problems if ingested by vulnerable people.
Florida algae blooms: 3 years ago, a massive algae bloom in Florida killed 2,000 tons of marine life. It s threatening again CNN 1 hr ago By Arthur Brice, CNN © Courtesy BriceWorks Blue green algae, which are toxic, have been blooming the past few weeks in the waters around Tampa Bay.
It s not just tourists who invade Florida in the summer.
The colorfully named, obnoxious and sometimes deadly microorganisms known as red tide and blue green algae also take advantage of the change in temperature to proliferate. And it causes major problems.
Both types of algae bloom are starting to make their presence known along some of southwestern Florida s most beautiful shorelines. Whether they re moving in for the summer or just teasing remains to be seen.