Since Sunday eight beaches in Madison have closed because of potentially toxic blue-green algae. The latest beach, the Memorial Union. Blue-green algae isn’t uncommon this time of year. But, it’s a problem public health officials are running into more frequently.
“It looks like you might die jumping in there if you swallowed some of that,” Erik Macaulay was taking one last trip around Lake Mendota before he headed back to Salt Lake City Monday afternoon.