CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Calif. (BCN) —
A buildup of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria), commonly called an algae bloom, along the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta has prompted a safety warning from Contra Costa Environmental Health Services.
The department is advising people out for holiday weekend recreation on the Delta that contact with blooms can make people and pets very sick.
Cyanobacteria creates a green, blue-green, white or brown coloring on the surface of slow-moving waterways.
Advisory notices have been posted at the kayak launch and around the fishing dock at Big Break Regional Shoreline in Oakley after cyanobacteria was detected in the water.
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