Here is an old post I dug up on the blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) from Klamath Lake:
Personally I would not get near their products. When they first brought out Super Blue-Green Algae they claimed it was harvested from a pristine lake. What a crock!!!
"The Perfect Spot
Cell Tech is located in
Also from Cell Tech:
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No,
Repeated testing has revealed no toxic pollutants such as heavy metals or organochlorides in
Here is what the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has to say about pollution in the lake:
http://www.deq.state.or.us/lab/wqm/wqi/klamath/klamath3.htm
You might find this interesting as well:
http://www.klamathbasin.info/refugewaterfacts.pdf
"Refuge farming sends large quantities of polluted agricultural runoff tainted with pesticides, fertilizers, and
herbicides into refuge waters and the already heavily-polluted Klamath River. Water quality in
currently so poor, blankets of algae cover extensive areas of open water on the refuge in summer.9
Agricultural pollution has reduced species diversity on the refuges and elsewhere in the
(Dileanis et al., 1996)."
http://www.waterwatch.org/fact_n_fiction.htm
FACT: The Irrigation Project that drains water from the Klamath is also the primary source of pollution in the river. The Bureau of Reclamation’s massive Klamath Irrigation Project is largely responsible for the Klamath’s poor water quality. Agricultural runoff laced with pesticides, fertilizers, and animal waste flows from the Project down the Klamath Straits Drain and into the
http://www.andykerr.net/KlamathBasin/TuleLakeRotarySpeech.html
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http://oregonstate.edu/dept/kes/sr1023nutrientloading.pdf
"Klamath and Agency lakes
(referred to as
source of water supply for KIP, is in
advanced stages of eutrophication. The
80,000-acre lake has an average depth of
only 8 feet. High phosphorus (P) content
in the lake supports massive blue-green
algae (Aphanizomenon flos-aquae)
blooms in summer months. The die-off
of algae blooms creates conditions toxic
to resident fish, including pH near 10.0,
dissolved oxygen levels less than 2.0
mg/l, and un-ionized ammonia
concentrations near 1.0 ppm."
"USGS studies of drainage from agricultural lands adjacent
to
as major sources of P loading (Miller
and Tash, 1967 and Snyder and Morace,
1997)."
A little about the company:
http://www.herbalgram.org/wholefoodsmarket/herbclip/review.asp?i=41978
Cell Tech sued:
http://www.mlmwatch.org/04C/CT/suit.html
Cell Tech also claims the algae is 100% safe. Yet I have talked to several people who became very sick after taking it. This may help explain why:
http://www.life.ca/nl/68/algae.html
Pond scum-yummy
Even more yummy when you consider the fact that is not even really an algae but rather bacteria.