Levels of the toxin microcystin has been detected in Lake Erie weeks earlier than usual, according to the National Oceanic ...

NOAA has detected levels of the harmful toxin, microcystin, in Lake Erie weeks earlier than it is usually detected in routine ...

LAKESIDE – The annual Lake Erie harmful algal bloom prediction has received an upgrade that could make it more accurate. The ...

On June 27, a week before July 4, the NOAA and research ... in western Lake Erie this summer, causing concern that swimmers and pets might unknowingly become exposed to toxic blue-green algae ...

“About 11 million people get their drinking water from Lake Erie. So if this species is out there and it is producing toxins, that water will be drawn into a water treatment plant before it is sent ...

Paul Den Uyl, a scientist with the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research who led the recent study, extracted and ...

Lake Erie has been spotted from space turning ... and are concentrated areas of toxins. During the week of August 12, NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory measured toxins at ...

Even when toxic strains ... show how Lake Erie algal blooms in recent years generally started earlier and had longer-lasting peaks than those from earlier years. Credit: Source: NOAA “Blooms ...

according to NOAA. Since 2008, toxin levels have exceeded advisory levels for drinking water and recreation in some areas of Lake Erie. Over the last seven years, researchers have seen the toxic ...

The largest HABs that have been recorded in Lake Erie were ... is producing toxins, that water will be drawn into a water treatment plant before it is sent out to customers.” NOAA is currently ...