E. coli and bacteria can thrive in the sand, even after the water recedes from the shore CBC News · Posted: Jul 30, 2018 9:18 AM EDT | Last Updated: July 30, 2018 ...

The water flows through sand-filled trenches in which microbes degrade the toxins. Algal bloom in Lake Erie near Toledo, Ohio, in August 2014. (Haraz N. Ghanbari/Associated Press) ...

LAKE PARK, Minn. - Toxic blue-green algae blooms, which can be harmful to people and pets, have returned to Sand Lake. Neighbors said Wednesday that the algae bloom first appeared last week in a ...

TOLEDO, OH — A new study of Lake Erie beach sand shows that toxins deposited on the shoreline by annual summer algae blooms can stick around for a while. According to a new study in the Journal ...