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Agae Blooms Hurting More Florida Waterways

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Tags: slime, algae, Florida, Jim Weeks. floridapolitic.com, St. John's River, Caloosahatchee, Suwanee River

Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei.

Yesterday the AP reported: "Three environmental groups sued the Army Corps of Engineers, the state and a water management district Monday over smelly, slimy green algae blooms that have been polluting the Caloosahatchee River in southwest Florida.

The lawsuit in U.S. District Court here alleges the corps is violating state and South Florida Water Management District regulations by diverting water that should be going into the river...