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Toxic Great Lakes algae makes Michigan sick. But remedy may be near

From: Bridgemi.com

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  • Scientists at the University of Toledo are nearing a treatment for toxic algae exposure
  • Efforts by Michigan and Ohio to reduce farming pollution that causes harmful blooms haven’t worked well
  • But researchers hope a potential treatment encourages people to support reduction efforts

The toxic algae blooms that befoul Lake Erie and other regional waterways each summer are stinky, ugly and dangerous.

They’ve killed dogs, sickened boaters and triggered rashes and respiratory problems for beachgoers — and there’s little doctors can do to help.  

But there’s hope that medicine will eventually be available for people who are regularly exposed to the toxin. And the treatment may be hiding in plain sight, in the same Lake Erie water that harbors the toxic threat.

Scientists at the University of Toledo have spent years searching for a way to prevent the symptoms of toxic algae bloom exposure, and they have zeroed in on a naturally occurring bacteria that’s also found in Lake Erie.

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