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Article: Algae Study Will Be First to Get Handle on Lake Toxins Near Tavares, Fla.
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- August 30, 2001
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By Ramsey Campbell, The Orlando Sentinel, Fla. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Aug. 30--TAVARES, Fla.--The Lake County Water Authority hopes to know by October whether algae in the Harris Chain of Lakes are producing dangerous toxins and whether the problem is widespread.
While officials have known since 1998 that toxic algae are present in Lake Griffin, they have never regularly monitored it or done extensive testing. Now, the authority has commissioned a landmark study to monitor toxic algae and the toxins they produce in the five lakes of the chain -- Dora, Eustis, Harris, Little Lake Harris and Griffin.
"We know there are algae cells ...