Mark Thorson > wrote in
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> This seems like a good reason not to drink tap water.
> I wonder if we'll see an epidemic of ALS and Alzheimer's
> in Toledo in a few years.
>

You're going to see an epidemic of Alzheimer's in the _world_ in a few
years, but it won't necessarily be caused by algae. The primary risk
factor for developing AD is age, and as life expectancy is increasing and
the boomers are aging, there are going to be a lot more people who will
live long enough to get the disease. By age 85, 1 in 3 people have AD or
some other related dementia.