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Excess nutrients, as well as changes in the environment, are boosting the potential for cyanobacteria blooms.
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While stormwater runoff can carry a whole host of toxins into local wells, the recent uptick in precipitation and high temperatures can also cause increased bacteria.
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The bacteria can be harmful to humans and animals, so here are a few tips on what to look for if you’re looking to cool off in lakes or ponds in the state.
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Vera Rivard, 17, just completed the ‘Triple Crown’ of open water swimming, crossing the 20-mile Catalina channel. Now, it’s her younger sister’s turn.
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A new online guide aims to track the bacteria levels of the Connecticut River at nearly 200 sites throughout New England.The Connecticut River…
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The state Department of Environmental Services wants to make its beach safety advisories more timely and accurate this summer.As of midday Friday, DES had…
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Each August, the town of Hancock, N.H., does what every good town should do: it celebrates itself. Hancock’s Old Home Days are a chance for residents to…
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To everything there is a season and this is the season when we go swimming and we spend a lot of time talking about Cyanobacteria. So what is it, exactly?…
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Cyanobacteria advisories are in place at Elm Brook Park beach in Hopkinton and Silver Lake State Park Beach in Hollis. State officials are urging visitors…
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Emily Post said: "Never talk about politics or religion.” But with candidates so divisive, and voters so impassioned, it's tough to follow that particular…