By Tyler Treadway, tcpalm.com
A low level of toxins has been found in the blue-green algae at the dam where Lake Okeechobee water is being discharged toward 
the St. Lucie River.
The finding raises concerns about the type and toxicity of suspected blue-green algae found in several other sites farther east in the river’s South Fork in Stuart.
The discovery of toxins in the algae is “very concerning … because we’re just now on the leading edge of the discharges and the blooms,” said Edie Widder, founder and lead scientist at the Ocean Research & Conservation Association in Fort Pierce. “The algae blooms and the toxins are going to start building up in still waters along the river’s shoreline.”
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