While we should all be working together to protect our communities from harmful algae, Rick Scott is working against us. He's loosened restrictions on pollutants entering our waterways, repealed a law requiring inspections of septic tanks and denies the reality of climate change. 
I've fought for long-term solutions to help prevent these toxic algae blooms from harming our communities, including speeding up work to restore the natural flow of water south towards the Everglades as Mother Nature intended.
In addition to working to prevent these harmful algae blooms from occurring in the first place, I've filed legislation to get the CDC to study the long-term health impacts and help inform the public of these health risks.
This toxic algae is not only impacting the health of residents, it's hurting our local economies. I've filed legislation to provide tax breaks to businesses being hurt by this algae to give them the relief they need.
Bottom line is that we all have to work together to solve this problem. We must reduce pollution entering our waterways and combat climate change which helps fuel these harmful algae blooms.
