{"id":55543,"date":"2015-07-13T22:06:27","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T14:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=55543"},"modified":"2015-07-13T22:41:10","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T14:41:10","slug":"health-department-warns-of-blue-green-algae-outbreak-in-new-brunswick-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/13\/health-department-warns-of-blue-green-algae-outbreak-in-new-brunswick-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Department warns of blue green algae outbreak in New Brunswick lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_55549\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55549\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10428038_647291252047993_2798635417525867555_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55549\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10428038_647291252047993_2798635417525867555_n.jpg\" alt=\"Harvey Lake in New Brunswick (Photo courtesy of Harvey Lake Association)\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10428038_647291252047993_2798635417525867555_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10428038_647291252047993_2798635417525867555_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harvey Lake in New Brunswick (Photo courtesy of Harvey Lake Association)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>FREDERICTON \u2013 A medical officer of health says people should avoid parts of Harvey Lake in New Brunswick because of an outbreak of blue-green algae.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Na-Koshie Lamptey says swimming, water-skiing and contact with water should be avoided if the water is discoloured or there is surface scum.<\/p>\n<p>She says water from a lake should not be used for drinking or cooking without treatment, adding that boiling water from a lake with a bloom will not remove the toxins.<\/p>\n<p>Laboratory tests of samples taken in different areas at Harvey Lake confirmed the presence of blue-green algae, or cyanobacteria (Sigh-AN-oh-bacteria).<\/p>\n<p>Blue-green algae can produce toxins which can cause skin, eye and throat irritation as well as gastrointestinal illness, if consumed.<\/p>\n<p>The Health Department says young children and those with skin conditions may be particularly vulnerable to the effects, while blue-green algae can be fatal to pets and livestock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FREDERICTON \u2013 A medical officer of health says people should avoid parts of Harvey Lake in New Brunswick because of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":55549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-55543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-original","mauthors-the-canadian-press1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}