Sam McBride's in-depth look at Lough Neagh's blue-green algae crisis
It’s killing dogs. It’s killing swans - and almost half of Northern Ireland is drinking water drawn from a source laced with it. The Belfast Telegraph spent a day on Lough Neagh, during which we observed a dead swan in the Toome Canal, lying in a thick toxic sludge of what is commonly known as ‘blue-green algae’.
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Prayers sent to your bodies if water. Water is life.
Department of Environment and Department of Agriculture need to get a grip on themselves. Maybe they hope winter will help kill it. Typically, cold weather temps could help, it appears at this point drastic measures need to be taken.
England wales scotland Southern ireland all look after and respect their rivers, n.ireland treats them like toxic waste disposal outlets😮