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Brian Mast: I need to correct a mistake, in that it can create situations for harmful algal blooms, but what I am speaking about…

On the recordSeptember 23, 2020
I need to correct a mistake, in that it can create situations for harmful algal blooms, but what I am speaking about specifically in my questioning are the algal blooms that are already present on this freshwater lake that reach a level many times--60 times--too toxic for human contact, according to the EPA and the Corps of Engineers.
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Brian Mast
Republican · Florida

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Mast addresses the toxicity levels of algal blooms in Lake Okeechobee.

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