Waters at Port Mayaca Lock showed toxin levels 60 times what the EPA considers safe
Algal blooms that are harmful to humans and animals have been building up at the gates of Port Mayaca. Water samples taken in the area at the end of June, showed toxin levels 60 times what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers safe to touch.
Mark Perry, the executive director of the Florida Oceanographic Society, said the bloom was treated with peroxide so it is diminishing, but he said we're not out of the woods yet.
“Could jump the lake up two to three feet, and then they are going have to discharge that water for public safety, which would bring that toxic algae bloom with it and that’s our fear of spreading that bloom into more of the community in South Florida.”
