(News 5-Cleveland) Kaylyn Hlavaty - All summer long, toxic algae blooms have been plaguing water sources around Northeast Ohio. An Israeli company, Blue Green, treated algae blooms at Chippewa Lake - the first lake in the U.S. where this technology has been tested. A blue powder distributed by boat was successful in killing all of the toxic algae in the lake within a day. The powder floats on the water and kills the cyanobacteria on the top layer, which then dissolves into the environment. The company says it's EPA-approved. "So it's a good way to protect the fish, protect all the beneficial algae, and all the plants that are in the lake," said Mark Krosse, a volunteer with the Save the Lake Coalition. The company says it's been used in Israel, China and South Africa for some time.
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