Why You Should Call Poison Control if You’ve Been Exposed to Algae Bloom Water

Barbara Crouch, director of the Utah Poison Control Center, tells us about the types of calls they’ve been receiving as a result of the algae bloom at Utah Lake and what they’re telling callers to do. She talks about the symptoms and dangers of exposure to the algae’s toxic byproduct cyanobacteria, whether it was at Utah Lake before it was closed or as a result of algae blooms detected in other water systems like the Jordan River, Spanish Fork River or Little Cottonwood Creek.