We have found a lot of damage across the world from toxic algae blooms and copper sulfate, which is the most commonly used water treatment by government bodies. This article is not meant to scare, but rather to inform our audience of the growing algae problem that is infecting our pets, children and the future of the world’s waterways.
Please let us know any incorrect information or an update we may have missed from the past few decades. Thanks for your interest in finding a better solution to the global water pollution crisis.
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Government intervention is more often used for tracking and gathering data to clean the blooms rather than invest in finding strategies to stop the problem at the source.
For years, the EPA has practiced Nutrient Management Initiatives around the great lakes with $10 million recently appropriated to Lake Erie to reduce the open lake placement of dredge material with funds used to identify or develop alternate uses for this material as well as additional disposal locations.
We need solutions to the problem, not another way to reduce farmer fertilizer runoff. (this helps, but is not a long term solution)
Together we can reduce waste and use less harmful chemicals that are spread into lakes, or we can admit that as humans we will continue to have toxic waste regardless of how much money we throw into these initiatives.
Nualgi has innovated a cost effective natural solution that balances the water food chain and does not require any changes to farmers or citizens routines.
Chronological Order of Recent Toxic Algae Related Events
* Please let us know any events we might have missed in the past few decades. Contact Nualgi
1931: Human death and illness along the Ohio River
1966: Mass illness of Zimbabwean children
1976: 62% of Sewickley, PA residents sickened after copper sulfate application in local reservoir
1988: 88 Deaths, mostly children and 2,000 sickened in Bahia, Brazil
2002: Dan Rogers dies from exposure to Blue-Green Algae toxins. First confirmed US death
2003: Lake Winnipeg deemed unsafe for swimming and drinking due to Algal Toxins
2006: 29 people afflicted with paralytic shellfish poisoning due to Red Tide on Vancouver Island
2007: 21 threatened Southern Sea Otters killed by Algal Toxins in Monterey, CA
2008: 4 Wisconsin Residents sickened by Blue Green Algae exposure
2009: 11 dog deaths reported in Humboldt and Mendocino counties
2009: 8 dog deaths reported in the Midwest
2009: CDC reports algal blooms sickened at least 61 people in the US
2013: Water ban prevents 2,000 Ohioans from drinking or showering
2013: 241 (of 5k remaining) endangered manatees killed by red tide on Florida’s Gulf Coast
2014: 500,000 Ohioans endure 3 day water ban and over 100 hospitalized
2014: 2800,000 fish in Vancouver Salmon Farm are lost due to toxic algae bloom
2014: Algae bloom killed 95 percent of fish at Lake Van, New Mexico