EPA reports says pollution, algae leave Chesapeake gasping
Friday, August 8, 2003
SOLOMONS, Md. -- As the sun rose on the Chesapeake Bay, waterman Larry "Boo" Powley was still on the docks, repairing holes in the nets he had strung near the shore. Long strands of anthozoan, a plant that looks like seaweed and thrives in polluted waters, had tangled the nets and weighed them down so much that they tore.
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