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Blue-Green Algae Back At Grand Lake

GRDA testing facility at Langley.
KWGS News Photo

The Grand River Dam Authority is urging caution as Blue-Green Algae is found on Grand Lake. The discovery was made in the Fly Creek arm of the lake.

The GRDA Laboratory say the algae's toxin levels are 5 times higher than what is considered toxic. The scum- like algae looks like pea-green soup on top of the water.

Contact with the algae can cause skin irritation, blisters and hive-like sores. It can cause breathing problems if inhaled.

Children are most at risk.

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