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Blue-green algae appears in lakes all over the Midwest during the summers and can make both people and animals ill. Few states have routine testing programs to check for the toxic algae, but some local and volunteer groups are stepping in to fill that gap.
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Algae blooms are increasingly fouling Kansas lakes. The blooms can make the water cities take from those lakes taste and smell bad and force them to spend more money on chemicals to make it taste better.
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Algal blooms in bodies of water often caused by runoff of manure and fertilizer on crop lands have a high price tag. An economic analysis by the...
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In a nondescript, off-white room on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Innovation Campus, Paul Black shows off what look like a series of water-filled...
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WICHITA — Toxic blue-green algal blooms have been causing major problems on Kansas’ lakes since about 2010. Because the pond scum can make people sick,...
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Seven years ago, a toxic form of algae bloomed in Milford Lake near Junction City. Kansas had never really seen a bloom quite like it before. It lasted...
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A southwest Kansas lake has been closed and two have been issued public health warnings due to blue-green algae blooms.As the Topeka Capital-Journal…