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Officials Solve Mystery Of Green Slime On Willamette River

(Portland, OR) -- Officials say they've solved the mystery of the green slime floating on the Willamette River near Portland yesterday. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality says the long bands of green scum appear to be aquatic plants that were likely displaced by recent rainstorms. The department says its determined none of the scum was caused by dangerous algae blooms that contain cyanotoxins.

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