Illnesses, dog deaths may be linked to Ohio lake
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ohio health officials are investigating whether nine people who reported suffering from stomachaches, rashes and numbness were sickened by toxic water from the state's largest inland lake.
One man, whose dog died after a swim in the lake, was hospitalized last week after he gave the dog a bath. Within days, the 43-year-old man began having trouble walking and lost feeling in his arms and feet.
"We weren't swimming in the lake because it's disgusting," said Laura Jenkins, whose husband, Dan, is still having trouble with memory loss and fatigue. "Our dog was just covered in that sludge, and my husband washed him."
Thick patches of green and turquoise slime with toxins that health officials say can cause rashes, vomiting or even liver and nerve damage have been floating on Grand Lake St. Marys in western Ohio since the beginning of summe.
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