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ACLU Investigator Questions Algae Bloom Response

Men fish on a lock on Lake Okeechobee despite concerns about the health risks of toxic algae.
ACLU: Tainted Waters
Men fish on a lock on Lake Okeechobee despite concerns about the health risks of toxic algae.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Lantigua spent months investigating this summer’s massive toxic algae bloom that fouled beaches along the Treasure Coast and Southwest Florida.

Men fish on a lock on Lake Okeechobee despite concerns about the health risks of toxic algae.
Credit ACLU: Tainted Waters
Men fish on a lock on Lake Okeechobee despite concerns about the health risks of toxic algae.

Lantigua’s report for the American Civil Liberties Union raises concerns about the state’s handling of the crisis. Langtigua spoke with Jim Ash.

You can read the ACLU's study here.

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Jim Ash is a reporter at WFSU-FM. A Miami native, he is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years of experience, most of it in print. He has been a member of the Florida Capital Press Corps since 1992.