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The Apsara Authority has turned to Facebook to allay fears surrounding the sudden emergence of blue-green algae in the waters around the Angkor Thom historical site that have sparked concerns about the possibility of pollution.

 

In a video posted on Wednesday, officials said the algal bloom in the water of the Tonle Oum River was a naturally occurring effect.

 

“It is a normal thing, please do not worry. When the weather is hot and the water level drops and becomes stagnant, some algae will come. There is no pollution,” deputy chief of the park management body’s water team Pheun Sokhim said in the video, adding that no fish had died.

 

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Maybe no fish died because there were none in there. I sat watching the moat around Angkor for some time and was amazed at the total lack of pescatorial action on the surface, unlike just about every other body of water in S.E.Asia where fish life is abundant

In my hometown in england there was a fashion for blue green algae pills, a food supplement.

I think that they came from a lake in California. They never did me much harm.

Is blue green algae really s poison?