# @nytimes on TikTok

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.tiktok.com/@nytimes/video/7258373331928255786
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/8872631-nytimes-tiktok
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/064f79f156.jpg
- **Posted:** 2023-07-21T20:35:43.000+00:00

## Caption

The algae forming in Lake Okeechobee in Florida is threatening wildlife, pets, people and cities. The lake has a history of challenging officials’ efforts to engineer it, and now phosphorus fertilizers have encouraged the growth of a poisonous algae.  The state and the Army Corps of Engineers are trying to reduce the toxic flows to the coasts with a controversial re-engineering plan that has been decades in the making, including building a new lake from scratch to contain and decontaminate Okeechobee’s discharges. #florida #okeechobee #lakeokeechobee #pollution 

## Stats

- **Views:** 16,700
- **Likes:** 639
- **Shares:** 20
- **Comments:** 19

## Tags

lakeokeechobee, okeechobee, pollution, florida

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