Nearly 120 report sickness after Lake Minnetonka boating on July 4th

[TexasTowelie]

Nearly 120 people have reported getting sick after boating near Big Island on Lake Minnetonka over the long July 4th weekend, Hennepin County Public Health officials said.

As of Wednesday morning, the county said that 116 boaters on Minnetonka reported having been at Big Island during the holiday weekend and have since experienced vomiting and/or multiple episodes of diarrhea.

The Minnesota Department of Health is working to help determine the cause.

Eric Evenson, director of the Lake Minnetonka Association, said that he and a group went out to pick up litter around Big Island on Sunday. “We don’t know if it’s related or not, but one of the guys who helped got sick later,” he said.

Read more: http://www.startribune.com/at-least-140-report-sickness-after-lake-minnetonka-boating-on-july-4th/512542682/

[mr_lebowski]

1. So much for Purifying Yourself in the Waters of Lake Minnetonka (nt)

[dhol82]

2. Wonder if it might be something like the algae bloom that closed Lake Hopatcong

over that weekend also?
People were advised to not go into or anywhere near the water.
Also algae blooms on the southern coast.
Climate change?

[dflprincess]

3. Given the party that goes on around the big island

I'm guessing people forgot to wear their "Little Swimmers" and didn't bother to leave the lake to go to the bathroom.