Peter Leavitt, a professor of biology with the University of Regina, said the Prairies are a breeding ground for toxic algae. He said 40 per cent of all Saskatchewan lakes have it.
While Saskatchewan is home to many beautiful lakes and rivers, sometimes the water isn’t as safe as we might think.
“Dogs can be poisoned,” Leavitt said. “They’ll jump in the green water and go, ‘Oh, this is fun.’ And they’ll come out, shake the water off, and then they’re covered in green, like, slime, and they’ll just lick it off.” “Fertilizer from farms when there’s a lot of drainage or a lot of runoff or there’s urban pollution, the cyanobacteria or the blue-green algae does really well.”
And while the algae is often found on lakes, the pond in Briarwood in Saskatoon is in need of testing.
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