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  2. Cyanotoxin - Wikipedia

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    The prefix cyan comes from the Greek κύανoς meaning "a dark blue substance", [19] and usually indicates any of a number of colours in the blue/green range of the spectrum. Cyanobacteria are commonly referred to as blue-green algae. Traditionally they were thought of as a form of algae, and were introduced as such in older textbooks.

  3. Harmful algal bloom - Wikipedia

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    Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) bloom on Lake Erie (United States) in 2009. These kinds of algae can cause harmful algal bloom. A harmful algal bloom (HAB), or excessive algae growth, is an algal bloom that causes negative impacts to other organisms by production of natural algae-produced toxins, water deoxygenation, mechanical damage to other organisms, or by other means.

  4. After Ian and Nicole, experts warn of health risks from blue ...

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    Vibrios, which often thrive amid blue-green algae blooms, sicken an estimated 80,000 Americans each year, a number that Scott says has risen dramatically in recent decades. He says the typical ...

  5. Four of Lake Geneva's six beaches remain closed due to ... - AOL

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    Blue-green algae illness symptoms in humans. According to the Wisconsin DHS, blue-green algae exposure can cause the following symptoms in humans: Sore throat. Congestion. Cough. Wheezing ...

  6. Microcystin - Wikipedia

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    Blue-Green Algae (Cyanobacteria) and their Toxins (Health Canada) Toxic cyanobacteria in water: A guide to their public health consequences, monitoring, and management (WHO) Cyanobacteria and Cyanotoxins: Information for Drinking Water Systems (EPA) Cyanobacteria Are Far From Just Toledo's Problem By Carl Zimmer, Aug. 7, 2014(The New York Times)

  7. People and pets urged to avoid San Bernardino lake due to ...

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    The Department of Water Resources has issued a caution advisory warning residents to avoid Silverwood Lake, due to harmful cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae.

  8. Cyanobacteria - Wikipedia

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    Edible blue-green algae reduce the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines by inhibiting NF-κB pathway in macrophages and splenocytes. [260] Sulfate polysaccharides exhibit immunomodulatory, antitumor, antithrombotic, anticoagulant, anti-mutagenic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, and even antiviral activity against HIV, herpes, and hepatitis.

  9. What are Lake Okeechobee discharges? Risks include water ...

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    The "blue-green algae" — technically a cyanobacteria and most commonly the microscystis aeruginosa species — is hazardous for people, pets and wildlife to touch, ingest or inhale when it ...