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EPA issues health advisories for algal toxins
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it has issued health advisory values that states and utilities can use to protect the public from elevated levels of algal toxins in drinking water.
Algal blooms in bays, lakes and rivers can produce harmful toxins, and because utilities often use these water bodies as sources of drinking water, EPA determined algal toxin levels in tap water to protect human health based on science.
EPA is also recommending how utilities can treat and monitor drinking water for algal toxins and notify the public if the drinking water exceeds EPA¡¯s protective levels. EPA plans to issue the final documents containing the recommended monitoring and treatment approaches, health advisory values and all supporting technical information before summer, which is the prime season for algal blooms because of warmer temperatures.
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