In addition, many people live on a smaller area in our province. “In Friesland there is much less blue-green algae, while there is also a lot of water there. In Noord-Holland more people live, and more people mean more dirt in the water. More sewerage and more waste.”
Complaint
Blue algae can cause symptoms such as a rash, itching, dizziness, breathing problems and stomach and intestinal complaints. You can get damage to your liver or nervous system. For dogs, swimming in water that contains blue -green algae is even very dangerous.
Safe swimming?
Always check in advance whether you can swim safely at the swimming water in your area. That is possible on the website swimming water.nl.