Toledo, Ohio, warns customers not to drink tap water because of toxins

(Reuters) - Officials in Toledo, Ohio, warned its water customers in the city and nearby areas in Lucas County on Saturday not to drink their tap water or try to boil it for purification after samples found dangerously high levels of toxic microcystins. "Lake Erie, which is a source of drinking water for the Toledo water system, may have been impacted by a harmful algal bloom," said a statement from the city, which is the fourth-largest in Ohio. (Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles; Editing by Dan Grebler)



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