Algae — Worldwide/Unknown
A school-aged child was sent to the hospital after swimming in a lake with toxic algae. It is the only case like it in Minnesota in recent memory, and it has experts offering a warning as the July Fourth holiday weekend approaches.
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency [MPCA] and the Minnesota Department of Health said the incident happened in early June [2015]. The child had been swimming in Lake Henry in Alexandria and later showed symptoms of contact with toxic algae. The child had to
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