Like everything else, they have neglected to at least speculate on long term health issues or at least do studies to determine if there are any???
The site gives info on the HAB's and what water system if effected, but what health issues can be caused from eating fish....how do they know that the Toxins are just in the organs and fat....the fishes fat is used during Winter, where does the toxins go?? Are they absorbed and processed by the muscle meat?
Smokers and life long sunbathers like myself, know that what they are doing can and probably will kill them, or cause serious health problems in later life, but we continue to do it anyways...people understand that certain things contain poisons, toxins, etc and they either play Russian Roulette or stay away from them...Maybe it does take a life time of eating bad fish from our lakes to kill you, BUT I DO NOT WANT TO BE THE CAUSE OF MY YOUNG SON'S DEATH, just because I was not informed of the consequences of Toxins in our water. Until someone does several studies and has an answer, I am siding on the cautious side!
IMHO, it seems that the EPA, ODNR, etc, do not want to hurt a billion dollar Recreation/tourism industry by "crying wolf"....they also don't want to spend the money needed to fix the problem or find out if the problem has short term or long term effects.
This is also MY OPINION, but if you let your child swim in contaminated water with health warnings, you at least should be fined or jailed for child endangerment! My idea of punishment would be much harsher.... The idiots on TV that continued to allow their children to swim in POOP and BACTERIA, should be made to drink it and see what it can do to them....just telling your child not to drink the water is IRRESPONSIBLE PARENTING....FREAKING IDIOTS!