Football Field Sized Islands Of Trash Floating on Lake Atitlan From Agatha

Mayans still digging out, but have toxic cyanobacteria in lake to deal with after that!

By Greg Szymanski, JD
June 25, 2010

Many U.S. lakes are just like Lake Atitlan in Guatemala — filled with toxic cyanobacteria that causes serious illness while making fresh water undrinkable.

More than 35 States in the past have issued toxic green algae warnings and Oregon reported Thursday its first dog death of the year caused by drinking toxic fresh water from a lake in Elk County.

With that in mind, we have more in common with Guatemala than we’d like to admit.  The following story from Lake Atitlan should serve as warning as to what is also happening at alarming levels to the fresh water supply in the U.S.

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