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1. www.bbc.com › news › articlesLough Neagh: Blue-green algae could pose serious health risks ...

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   Blue-green algal blooms in Lough Neagh could have a profound ecological impact and present potentially significant environmental and public health risks, researchers at Queen’s University...

   • Lough Neagh: The year the UK's largest lake turned green - BBC

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2. www.qub.ac.uk › LoughNeaghhealthrisksLatest research details the public health risks of Lough ...

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   Aug 6, 2024 · The new study, published in the journal Environment International, found that over 80% of the bacterial DNA recovered from algal mats in Lough Neagh belonged to potentially hazardous microbes, including E.coli, Salmonella and eleven others that cause human illness.

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4. www.bbc.com › news › uk-northern-ireland-66998508Lough Neagh: Why is the UK's largest lake turning toxic green?

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   Oct 4, 2023 · Lough Neagh is the largest freshwater lake in the UK - it supplies half of Belfast's drinking water and 40% of Northern Ireland's overall.

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6. www.bbc.com › news › uk-northern-ireland-67717507Lough Neagh: The year the UK's largest lake turned green - BBC

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   Lough Neagh: The year the UK's largest lake turned green. BBC. Blue-green algae is toxic to animals and can cause illness in humans. In the world of agriculture and environment in Northern...

7. www.britishwildlife.com › article › article-volumeThe plight of Lough Neagh - British Wildlife

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   Jun 7, 2024 · Toxic ‘blue-green algae’ are gradually returning to Lough Neagh, the largest freshwater body in Britain and Ireland. A blanket of photosynthesising cyanobacteria almost completely covered the vast lough (Irish for lake or inlet) – with a surface area (nearly 400km 2) greater than that of Malta – last summer and autumn.

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   Is Lough Neagh a healthy lake?

   • The water lapping against the shore of Lough Neagh is not a healthy blue, but a sickly green. A walk along the canal path at Toome, Co Antrim, reveals just how unwell the lake is. At the lock gates, the water is a curdled, clotted mess of green algae, with spots of bright blue dabbed among it, the colours as lurid as from a child’s paintbox.

   ‘The lough isn’t just dying, it’s been killed’: How Lough Neagh reached

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   Is Lough Neagh a dangerous lake?

   • Geo resource failed to load. Toxic algae bloom that has covered Lough Neagh is killing wildlife and leaving locals concerned over water safety. The water lapping against the shore of Lough Neagh is not a healthy blue, but a sickly green. A walk along the canal path at Toome, Co Antrim, reveals just how unwell the lake is.

   ‘The lough isn’t just dying, it’s been killed’: How Lough Neagh reached

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   Why is Lough Neagh so toxic?

   • Lough Neagh is the largest freshwater lake in the UK - it supplies half of Belfast's drinking water and 40% of Northern Ireland's overall. And, for several months, it has been becoming increasingly green and toxic. A blue-green algal bloom over the summer has caused havoc, not just in Lough Neagh but right up to Northern Ireland's north coast.

   Lough Neagh: Why is the UK's largest lake turning toxic green? - BBC

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   Does Lough Neagh have algae?

   • Lough Neagh supplies 40% of Northern Ireland's drinking water - but it's being plagued by algae.

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   Why is Lough Neagh a bad place to live?

   • In Lough Neagh, multiple factors led to blooms of blue-green algae at levels not seen for half a century. The algae are in fact bacteria, which can cause skin irritation and sickness in people who come into contact with it, but the biggest risk is to pets, livestock and wildlife. For them it is extremely toxic.

   Lough Neagh: The year the UK's largest lake turned green - BBC

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   Are algal mats in Lough Neagh dangerous?

   • The new study, published in the journal Environment International, found that more than 80% of the bacterial DNA recovered from algal mats in Lough Neagh belonged to potentially hazardous microbes, including E.coli, Salmonella and 11 others that cause human illness.

   Public health risks of algal blooms on Lough Neagh detailed in study

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9. www.irishtimes.com › environment › 2023/09/23‘The lough isn’t just dying, it’s been killed’: How Lough ...

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   Sep 23, 2023 · The water lapping against the shore of Lough Neagh is not a healthy blue, but a sickly green. A walk along the canal path at Toome, Co Antrim, reveals just how unwell the lake is.