Blue-green algae detected in another loch
SHETLAND Islands Council’s Environmental Health Team has received notification that potentially toxic blue-green algae is present in the Loch of Voe.
Notices have been posted next to the loch warning that contact with algal scum should be avoided. Adjoining landowners and NHS Shetland have been advised. At this stage there is no adverse effect on water supplies.
It comes in the same week that the council also warned of blue-green algae in the Loch of Cliff in Unst.
Some blue-green algae may give rise to adverse medical effects, such as skin rashes, eye irritations, vomiting and diarrhoea, fever and pains in muscles and joints. Toxic algae have caused deaths of livestock and dogs.
For more information please contact environmental health on 01595 745250 or ehadmin@shetland.gov.uk
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