Outdoors in RI: URI finds new toxins in algae blooms in freshwater lakes, rivers

A pond with green algae on the side of it.

URI Pharmacy study seeks to identify new toxins in algal blooms Assistant Professor Matthew Bertin’s study funded by $400,000 federal grant focuses on freshwater lakes, rivers Bacterial algal blooms and the toxins they produce are a persistent problem in freshwater lakes and rivers, and have affected local populations by contaminating drinking water and placing a significant…

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