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Irrigating Food Crops with Water Containing Cyanobacteria Blooms
Topics: Contaminants and Hazards, Biological Agents, Drinking Water, Water Location: General, Canada
Primary inquiry: Small horticulture growers have been watering their crops with surface water containing a cyanobacterial bloom, before selling their crops at local markets.
- Can irrigation of food crops using surface water affected by cyanobacteria blooms result in bioaccumulation of cyanotoxins in these crops?
- Can cyanotoxins bioaccumulate to a concentration that might cause a public health concern?
| Publication Date | Oct 17, 2017 |
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| Author | Miller A, Russell C, Wiens M |
| Publisher | NCCEH |
| Posted by NCCEH | Nov 17, 2017 |