RIP, Vita. How very sad. If I was used to taking my dogs swimming, I would have never given it a second thought either.

We (me, hubs, & and our animals)ate Super Blue-Green Algae daily for years. It is a very healthy food source. We traveled to Klamath Falls Oregon to the processing plant, and did learn that there is a "toxic bloom" each year when another bacteria shows up & that algae should NOT be harvested or ingested. Stuff to be harvested commercially is tested daily to be sure that none of the toxic energy get processes & sold.