Are Bacteria Blooms in NH Lakes Linked to Lou Gehrig’s Disease? New Report Casts Doubt on That Idea – Concord Monitor

Read article - Features comments by Elijah Stommel, professor of neurology, in which he discusses a report issued earlier this month by the United States Geological Survey that casts doubt on assertions that blooms of cyanobacteria, often misleadingly called blue-green algae, are connected to certain neurological diseases, including ALS. "I agree with them that there is still some healthy skepticism in making correlations between cyanobacterial blooms and the potential for neuro-degeneration, but there's a fair amount of evidence that there is an association," says Stommel.