"katysails" wrote in message

Muskegon Chrinicle had an article yesterday about the algae bloom that has
terorized us the past 2 months,....turns out it's the blue green variety
and
caused by the Zebra mussels...and is quite toxic (monocystins...of the
kill
your liver type...) They've just put up warnings to not wade, swim, or
let
your dog go in the water, and to not eat any fish out of Muskegon lake,
White Lake or Lake Leelenau, the 3 affected lakes. Of course, we've now
had
several freeZes and the stuff is dying off...ya think they could have
determined this when the stuff was in full bloom???? They've got NOAA, U
of
M and GVSU all working on the problem....

A microbiologist from MSU was on TV today and stated that the fear of the
toxins was grossly overstated in that Muskegon Chronicle article. He said
you'd probably have to ingest a substantial amount of the actual algal
colonies to get enough to make yourself ill. Wading won't do it. Dogs,
OTOH, should be kept out of the water, as they tend to drink a lot while
swimming.

No, Chopper, stay on the dock. Oh wait! You don't have a dock, do ya?
:-)

Max