If you plan on hitting the lake this summer, be aware of water that looks like pea soup, has a scum layer or puffy blobs floating on the surface. There’s a good chance it’s blue-green algae. "If you ...
SLOATSBURG, N.Y.-- Popular swimming lakes in Hudson Valley counties are shut down due to unsafe levels of algae. Talk about a summer bummer. Lake Welch Beach in Rockland County, which has room for ...
The Wisconsin DNR listed Green Lake as an impaired body of water in 2014 as a result of high phosphorous, which fuels algae blooms. Sources of pollution include runoff from farms, livestock, yard ...
POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – The Florida Department of Health in Polk County has issued a health alert for the presence of harmful blue-green algal toxins in Lake Hamilton East. The alert was issued due ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota is known as the Land of 10,000 Lakes, but the state's health department has an important warning this fall. After a hot and sunny September, blue-green algae blooms have been ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — For an ever-moving waterway, the Willamette River near Portland sure looked like a still pond full of unidentifiable green scum on Monday — a matter of concern for a lot of people, ...
A widespread blue-green algae bloom has been confirmed in Green Lake for the first time. Officials advise against water activities as the algae can be harmful to people and pets. Exposure to the toxic ...
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Another popular beach in the Twin Cities metro area is closed due to unhealthy water for both people and pets. Eden Prairie city officials announced Wednesday that blue-green ...
How do you solve a problem like Lough Neagh? Blue-green algae has been detected in the lough intermittently over the past six decades. But the past three summers have seen the biggest blooms since the ...