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This is the same kind of algae that resulted in Toledo's water supply being closed down a year ago. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">John</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="story-header" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 8px 5px 5px 6.5px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); position: relative; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><div class="clearfix" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; zoom: 1;"><h2 class="storyTitle" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 3.333em; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; line-height: 1em; font-family: FranklinGothicFSCompressed, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; float: left; width: 638.5px;">Blue-green algae bloom closes some Chatham-Kent beaches <a class="bulle withoutContainer" href="http://www.chathamdailynews.ca/2015/07/30/blue-green-algae-bloom-closes-some-chatham-kent-beaches#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="st-1297731234630" style="margin: 0px; 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padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;" class="">Blue-green algae produces a toxins that are harmful to animals and people and can create a host of health issues including headache, fever, diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea or vomiting if consumed and can cause itchy irritated skin and eyes on contact.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;" class="">The municipality is monitoring water supplies to the water treatment plan and is testing regularly for the cyanobacterial toxin. At this point there is no health risk to the drinking water associated with the algae bloom, the health unit said.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;" class="">The health unit, however, is advising against swimming or wading in water with green surface scum or noticeably green water colouration.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;" class="">In addition the health unit warns against allowing children, pets or livestock from swimming or drinking the lake water, using it for bathing or showering.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;" class="">Eating fish caught in water where cyanobacterial blooms are occurring is not recommended and boiling the water or treating it with disinfectant will result in releasing more toxins in the water.</p><div style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;" class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="clearfix ads-container" style="margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1; width: 236.59375px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 15px;"></div></div></div><div class="">
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