A recent bloom of blue-green algae in Lake Ainslie has Nova Scotia Environment reminding people these kinds of blooms can happen in most lakes or ponds.
Linda Passerini is the Manager of the Environmental Health Program with NS Environment.
Passerini tells The Hawk blue-green algae blooms are naturally occurring in the warmer parts of the year, summer and early fall, in warm, shallow, still water.
“You know, Lake Ainslie has had blue-green algae in the past, so it’s not uncommon for lakes that have been susceptible to blue-green algae to have it in subsequent years,” she says. “Once a blue-green algae bloom occurs there’s nothing that Nova Scotians can do to alleviate it, it is a waiting game.
Passerini says, while you’re waiting, you should avoid water with blooms.
She says you can become sick from ingesting or coming into contact with the algae, even in small amounts in water.
