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Cape Cod Times | By George Kostinas

As summer approaches, thoughts of carefree days at a swimming hole or fishing pond come to mind.

However, due to climate change and other environmental conditions, those summer activities may be curtailed.

On Cape Cod, for at least the last seven years, a number of the freshwater ponds have reached levels of cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, that can be harmful to humans and animals.

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