Researchers study how toxic algae can damage health

(22 Oct 2024)
US ALGAE BLOOMS

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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oregon, Ohio – 05 September 2024

1. Wide of blue-green tinted water on the Lake Erie shore
2. Wide of warning sign on beach

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Toledo, Ohio – 05 September 2024

3. Wide of Steven Haller and Bivek Timalsina in a lab
4. Various of Bivek Timalsina looking through microscope at samples
5. Tight pan down of water sample taken from Lake Erie during algae bloom
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Steven Haller, clinical researcher, University of Toledo:
"And I’ll never forget 2014 when I didn’t know what microcystin was yet. Waking up and having to go to Indiana to get water and just seeing the widespread fear on people’s faces.”

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Oregon, Ohio – 04 September 2024

7. Medium of warning sign on beach
8. Detail of warning sign on beach

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Toledo, Ohio – 05 September 2024

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Steven Haller, clinical researcher, University of Toledo:
"The harmful algal blooms, the cyanobacteria that release the toxins, cyanotoxins.”

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Oregon, Ohio – 04 September 2024

10. Various of waves crashing onto rocks in Lake Erie

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Toledo, Ohio – 05 September 2024

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Steven Haller, clinical researcher, University of Toledo:
"Microcystin has been shown to be, the toxins can be aerosolized. So this is kind of a big new area. And what we’re working on now is classifying what’s in those aerosols and also if you have a pre-existing pulmonary condition like asthma that is very common, will that exacerbate or make asthma worse? And our initial studies have shown that indeed it does.”

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Oregon, Ohio – 04 September 2024

12. Wide of waves crashing onto rocks in Lake Erie and shoreline
13. Detail of waves on rocks

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Toledo, Ohio – 05 September 2024

14. SOUNDBITE (English) Steven Haller, clinical researcher, University of Toledo:
"So when you think of waves washing up on a shore or crashing against a rock, that’s going to produce aerosols.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Oregon, Ohio – 05 September 2024

15. Wide of David Kennedy climbing up onto roof with air monitoring station
16. Detail of air monitoring station
17. SOUNDBITE (English) David Kennedy, clinical researcher, University of Toledo:
"Just about 20 yards offshore where we’re monitoring those aerosols.”

18. Various of David Kennedy opening air monitoring station for sample collection
19. SOUNDBITE (English) David Kennedy, clinical researcher, University of Toledo:
"You know, we’re at the very beginning of this, but the goal is to try to start to, you know, provide enough data points that we can monitor and figure out, you know, what is getting into the air and if that if there are any effects to that.”

20. Detail of David Kennedy removing bracket on collected air filter, revealing particle matter UPSOUND (English) “Keep a hold on it here so you can kinda see, you know, the difference.”
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Steven Haller, clinical researcher, University of Toledo:
"Being able to provide comfort and answer the important questions, I think it’s just really, really important for the community.”

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Oregon, Ohio – 04 September 2024

22. Wide of couple sitting on the beach near Lake Erie

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In a lab not far from the shores of Lake Erie, researchers are trying to learn more about the ways toxic algae can damage health.

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For residents in Lake Erie’s western basin, the blooms are a common sight.

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