A Dutch company is setting up its first Florida test of a buoy that kills blue-green algae.
The company, LG Sonic, enlisted a professor from Florida Gulf Coast University to evaluate whether the $50,000 buoys really work. Professor Bill Mitsch, who specializes in how to reduce agricultural water pollutants, received a $1 million grant from the state’s Department of Environmental Protection for the project.
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