Harmful blue-green algae confirmed at Peterborough beach: health unit
Rogers Cove and Beavermead Park beaches have been closed since July 14. On July 24, officials reported a Rogers Cove sample had a toxin amount that exceeded recreational limits.
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Rogers Cove and Beavermead Park beaches have been closed since July 14. On July 24, officials reported a Rogers Cove sample had a toxin amount that exceeded recreational limits.
Locals allege this free entry of sewage into the water body, which is under five acres in area, has caused a major setback to lake ecology and biodiversity. A study conducted on the lake’s biodiversity a couple of years ago by a city-based organisation showed that Subbarayanakere was visited by 73 bird species over five years. However, locals have a different story to narrate now.
The algae in Lake Okeechobee can cause several health complications, but figuring out how to stop it has been a challenge for the sunshine state.
A Chilean oceanographer, researchers and a film crew traveled to the tip of South America to try to better understand Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in Patagonia.
A toxic algae bloom has shut down two popular lakes in the East Bay. There are also advisories for several other waterways.