In a lab not far from the shores of Lake Erie, researchers are trying to learn more about the ways toxic algae can damage health. Steven Haller, a clinical researcher in the University of Toledo's department of medicine, says his interest dates back to a scare when toxic algae made it into his community's water supply a decade ago.
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For residents in Lake Erie’s western basin, the blooms are a common sight. As spring rains push excess nutrients off farm fields and into the creeks and rivers of the watershed, the bacteria that live in the lake feed on that phosphorus and nitrogen, tinting the water green, producing a thick sludge when severe and potentially turning toxic to humans and animals.
“We’ve shown that in all those instances, exposure to microcystin makes the disease process worse,” Haller said.
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