TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Steven Haller remembers the look of fear on people’s faces when toxic algae in Lake Erie made it into his community’s water supply 10 years ago, shutting it down for two ...

June 27 (UPI) --A toxic algal bloom is predicted for western Lake Erie this summer ... which are commonly known as blue-green algae, and produce a liver toxin called microcystin.

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It was the largest algae bloom in Lake Erie‘s recorded history — a scummy, toxic blob that oozed across nearly one-fifth of the lake’s surface during the summer and fall of 2011. It sucked ...

Methods for predicting algae blooms that work in one lake can fail completely in another. Toxic blue-green algae can spread explosively in lakes in summer. In the event of such a toxic algal bloom ...