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- Their work has confirmed the lough’s hypertrophic status – the worst category of waterway nutrient pollution. More than 80% of the bacterial DNA tested from algal mats belonged to potentially hazardous microbes, including E.coli, salmonella and 11 others that can cause human illness.
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Lough Neagh is not the only place in the world where blue-green algae has caused problems. Scientists working on the Great Lakes in North America have grappled with it for years.
- Lough Neagh: Blue-green algae could pose serious health risks ...
Blue-green algal blooms in Lough Neagh could have a profound...
- Lough Neagh: Blue-green algae could pose serious health risks ...
Oct 4, 2023 · The blue-green algal bloom over the summer has caused havoc, not just in Lough Neagh but right up to Northern Ireland's north coast.
Oct 9, 2023 · Multiple factors have made Lough Neagh particularly vulnerable to these perilous algal blooms, including rising water temperatures linked to global warming. However, the root causes of this crisis...
Oct 19, 2023 · Lough Neagh – a lake in Northern Ireland that is larger than the country of Malta – has been plagued by blue-green algae that can negatively impact humans, plants and animals. A group of environmentalists recently held a “wake” to protest the scale of the situation.
Sep 23, 2023 · The largest freshwater lake in Ireland and Britain - the source of 40 per cent of Northern Ireland’s drinking water - is being contaminated by poisonous algae, endangering people, pets and ...
Oct 4, 2023 · 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. But how did this happen?
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...
