Toxic bath: Deadly algae blooms across Prospect Lake for fourth consecutive year

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperThe green death is back!State inspectors discovered toxic algae in Prospect Lake for the fourth year running earlier this month, forcing Prospect Park’s caretakers to ban swimming around the meadow’s peninsula for fear of losing pooches — or people — to the deadly bloom, according to a Prospect Park Alliance spokeswoman.
Investigators with the state Department of Environmental Protection tested the body of w