PORT TOWNSEND — The state Parks and Recreation Commission has closed Anderson Lake after monitoring by Jefferson County Public Health revealed dangerous levels of Anatoxin-A. Water-based recreational ...

High levels of the nerve toxin Anatoxin-A were measured in water samples collected from Lake Leland on April 13.

Few clues have been shared by investigators working to determine how a family and their dog died a little over three weeks ago while hiking in Sierra National Forest, in a remote section of Mariposa ...

Human health effects associated with cyanobacteria are not new. In a recent monogram published by the World Health Organization, they document intoxication occurring in the 10th and 12th century ...

The thing that stands out to Beverley Anderson-Abbs about the unsightly, paint-like algae blooms in California this summer should perk up dog owners’ ears. Anatoxin-a, an algae toxin known for killing ...

Toxic algae has been found at two Army Corps of Engineers parks on the Snake River near the Tri-Cities, warns the Walla Walla County Department of Community Health. At Charbonneau Park, which is 15 ...

Signs cautioning visitors about the potential dangers of harmful algae in the Russian River will remain posted at Sonoma County beaches after very low levels of a naturally produced neurotoxin were ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The University of Montana's Flathead Lake Biological Station is working with the Karuk Tribe of northern California to study cyanobacteria in rivers. The study, led by Laurel Genzoli ...

THE HAPPY little lake that could kill you looks as harmless as a watercolor painting. Anderson Lake’s 60 acres of glassy green water is surrounded by marshes, rolling grass fields and quiet trees, all ...

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