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Dangerous blue-green algae Greeps in behind heat GreenBayPressGazette- GreenBay,\Ms' DanielleUrbina Author: Jul14,2O12 Date: nla StartPage: LocalNews Seclion: TextWordCount 410
Text Document GreenBayPress-Gazette WsconsinMedia TinaM. Gohr/Ganneft lakesand haveallowed"pondscum"to creepintowsconsinwaters'makingsome Thissummecshightemperatures pondsunsafefor swimmers. {oundin popularstatewaters'creatinghealth Bloomsof blue-greenalgae,alsoknownas cyanobaclerla,havebeen concernsin thoseareas. ,,Mygeneralsenseis that bloomsare startingearlierthisyearwhichwar;protnblytriggeredby earlierwarmerweather Resources' in fifirCf,,'saidGinauliderte, of the \A/iscoisinDepartmentof Natural growthare: LakeMenominin DunnCounty'Castle Somepopularbodiesof waterthat havereportedblue-greenalgae saidLakewnnebagotendsto go back RockLake,the Madisonchainof lakesand n""ruv ["r."" wnnei"gd.,utiberrte year for algaegrowth' a yeaiwill trc this that andforthbetweenpl"nt-"nJalg"e life,but estimaies officialssay it is impoltantto recognize Althoughthe DNRreportsthatthe bayof GreenBayhas not yet beenarffected' it can causerashesand illness' because Tlrats whatblue.greenalgaeroois rire anoio avoidit ""-rirrcn aJp'o""iute. andfloatsto the surfaceof warm reddirrh-purple Despiteits name,blue.greenalgaecan be mintgreen,white,brownor water,formingfloatingmatsof scum. ,,Theprimarythingto do is to avoidcontactwith anywaterthat mightcontainthe algae,"LaLibertesaid' "Avoid in waterwith scum'" waller-skiing swallowinguntreated*"t"ioiinft"fing waterfromwatersprayand avoid withthe algaecancausea numberof Dr. TamaraLyday,regionalmedicaldireclorof PreveaHealth,saidthallcontac{ healthissues. mu.sdeandjoint painand dia[1199'. Amongthe symptomsrelatedto exposureare:fever,stomachcramps,vomiiting' Drinkinginfestedwatercanalso algae. the with contact respirationproblemsagwell as ,as'hesthat comefromdirect resultin liverproblems,Lydaysaid,,lfyou go to the doc{or,it mightshowa changein yourliverfunctionafterexposure,"Lydaysaid'"Toxinsare in the liver." concentrated partakingin recreationalactivitiesbecause DNRofficialsare urgingresidentsto observelakewater and pondsbeliore greater' is water of the top the rising to blooms possibility of as the weath"rrn"r.s,-th" awa! fromstagnantwaterswherethere's s12ry ,,ltreleasesits toxinswhenit floatsto the top,"Lydaysaid.."So basicallly bottom'" the is at a fitmOecauseusually,blu+greenalgae andfollowheron Twitter@DarniellerUGPG' - [email protected] On the Net http://dnr.wi.gov/lakes/bluegreenalgae/ lD-Code:U&307140119 or distrbution Repmducedwith permissionof the copyrightowner. Further reproductbn
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Dangerous blue-green algae Greeps in behind heat GreenBayPressGazette- GreenBay,\Ms' DanielleUrbina Author: Jul14,2O12 Date: nla StartPage: LocalNews Seclion: TextWordCount 410
Text Document GreenBayPress-Gazette WsconsinMedia TinaM. Gohr/Ganneft lakesand haveallowed"pondscum"to creepintowsconsinwaters'makingsome Thissummecshightemperatures pondsunsafefor swimmers. {oundin popularstatewaters'creatinghealth Bloomsof blue-greenalgae,alsoknownas cyanobaclerla,havebeen concernsin thoseareas. ,,Mygeneralsenseis that bloomsare startingearlierthisyearwhichwar;protnblytriggeredby earlierwarmerweather Resources' in fifirCf,,'saidGinauliderte, of the \A/iscoisinDepartmentof Natural growthare: LakeMenominin DunnCounty'Castle Somepopularbodiesof waterthat havereportedblue-greenalgae saidLakewnnebagotendsto go back RockLake,the Madisonchainof lakesand n""ruv ["r."" wnnei"gd.,utiberrte year for algaegrowth' a yeaiwill trc this that andforthbetweenpl"nt-"nJalg"e life,but estimaies officialssay it is impoltantto recognize Althoughthe DNRreportsthatthe bayof GreenBayhas not yet beenarffected' it can causerashesand illness' because Tlrats whatblue.greenalgaeroois rire anoio avoidit ""-rirrcn aJp'o""iute. andfloatsto the surfaceof warm reddirrh-purple Despiteits name,blue.greenalgaecan be mintgreen,white,brownor water,formingfloatingmatsof scum. ,,Theprimarythingto do is to avoidcontactwith anywaterthat mightcontainthe algae,"LaLibertesaid' "Avoid in waterwith scum'" waller-skiing swallowinguntreated*"t"ioiinft"fing waterfromwatersprayand avoid withthe algaecancausea numberof Dr. TamaraLyday,regionalmedicaldireclorof PreveaHealth,saidthallcontac{ healthissues. mu.sdeandjoint painand dia[1199'. Amongthe symptomsrelatedto exposureare:fever,stomachcramps,vomiiting' Drinkinginfestedwatercanalso algae. the with contact respirationproblemsagwell as ,as'hesthat comefromdirect resultin liverproblems,Lydaysaid,,lfyou go to the doc{or,it mightshowa changein yourliverfunctionafterexposure,"Lydaysaid'"Toxinsare in the liver." concentrated partakingin recreationalactivitiesbecause DNRofficialsare urgingresidentsto observelakewater and pondsbeliore greater' is water of the top the rising to blooms possibility of as the weath"rrn"r.s,-th" awa! fromstagnantwaterswherethere's s12ry ,,ltreleasesits toxinswhenit floatsto the top,"Lydaysaid.."So basicallly bottom'" the is at a fitmOecauseusually,blu+greenalgae andfollowheron Twitter@DarniellerUGPG' - [email protected] On the Net http://dnr.wi.gov/lakes/bluegreenalgae/ lD-Code:U&307140119 or distrbution Repmducedwith permissionof the copyrightowner. Further reproductbn
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