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MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. — For years we've been covering the issue of toxic algae on the Treasure Coast, and this heat provides fertile grounds for it to form again.

WATCH BELOW: 'It’ll come and go,' Mark Perry tells WPTV This spot along Lake Okeechobee was found to be full of toxic algae

WPTV’s Jon Shainman went out to Lake Okeechobee on Tuesday to see for himself, and talked with some of the environmentalists on some potential, positive moves to keep toxic water out of our estuaries.

In Canal Point, even the alligators seemed to pay heed to this warning sign of toxins in the water.

When the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) tested this site late last week, it registered 53 parts per billion of microcystin, six times more toxic than is safe for human contact.

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