Name: OHA warns of toxic blooms
Uploaded: 2024-05-19T00:54:38-04:00
Duration: 5 min
Description: May 18—As summer approaches, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is encouraging people heading outdoors to enjoy Oregon’s lakes, rivers and reservoirs to be on the look-out for potentially toxic cyanobacteria blooms. Cyanobacteria are beneficial bacteria found in all fresh water worldwide. The bacteria can multiply into blooms in any water body under the right conditions […]

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OHA warns of toxic blooms

May 18—As summer approaches, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is encouraging people heading outdoors to enjoy Oregon’s lakes, rivers and reservoirs to be on the look-out for potentially toxic cyanobacteria blooms. Cyanobacteria are beneficial bacteria found in all fresh water worldwide. The bacteria can multiply into blooms in any water body under the right conditions […]

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