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Health Alert Issued for Bluestem Lake
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Lincoln, NE — The state has issued a health alert for Harmful Algal Blooms (HAB), also known as toxic blue-green algae, at Bluestem Lake in Lancaster County, Nebraska.

Samples taken earlier this week at the lake on alert measure above the threshold of eight parts per billion (ppb) of total microcystin, which is a toxin released by certain strains of blue-green algae.