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Lakes, rivers, springs, and estuaries in Florida suffer from some of the country's worst blue-green algae blooms. These algae often produce harmful toxins called cyanotoxins, which can pollute water, contaminate seafood, and injure and sicken people — and may even harm wildlife like brown pelicans, American alligators, and endangered smalltooth sawfish.
It's time to get serious about tackling Florida's toxic algae blooms.
Better water-quality standards would help public officials warn Floridians of dangerous blooms and make long-term plans to curtail future blooms. But Florida hasn't taken meaningful action to address or manage the cyanotoxins in waters where people swim, fish and boat. And that's not all: The state has even failed to review its water-quality standards for other pollutants as required by law.
If the state won't act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should step in. That's why the Center for Biological Diversity and allies are petitioning the EPA to exercise its authority under the Clean Water Act and establish water-quality standards that would limit the amount of dangerous algae toxins allowed in Florida waters.
The EPA needs to hear from the public too.
Join us in urging the agency to adopt the water-quality criteria necessary to give people and wildlife safe, clean water.