This is an easy one: Phosphorus is bad for Lake Okeechobee. Some say it’s not a big problem, but the science says otherwise.
Phosphorus acts like fertilizer for algae, fueling rapid growth and toxic blue-green blooms. Too much of any nutrient harms our waterways.
This highly reactive “legacy nutrient” settles into the muck at the lake bottom. When stirred up, it gets flushed into our estuaries—making the problem downstream even worse.
