BALTIMORE — A putrid, fluorescent green algae bloom has engulfed Baltimore's Inner Harbor, creating a nauseating stench that visitors can smell blocks away and leaving locals concerned about the worst outbreak in years.

The so-called "pistachio tide" has transformed the harbor's waters into what one observer described as looking "radioactive" with its bright fluorescent green color. The smell has been compared to everything from sulfur and chemicals to "burning rubber mixed with sea and death."

"The smell ranges all the time. It ranges from a sulfur type of smell, a very chemical smell," one person said.

The odor has become so overwhelming that it's making people physically ill.

Foul-smelling 'pistachio tide' takes over Baltimore's Inner Harbor

"It has gotten to that point where it sm

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