Toxic algae are back. We're all at risk

Toxic algae are back. We're all at risk

Last August, I was standing on Lake Erie’s Ohio shore, shielding my eyes from the sun while talking to a middle-aged guy wearing swimming trunks and a shell necklace. He had to be Toledo’s only surfer.  “Are you worried about the algae at all?” I asked him. “No. I was out Monday, and I didn’t see any algae. If it’s bad, it looks like pea soup.” He pulled a couple of windsurfing boards from the back of a pickup and began explaining the finer poin…