The remaining Mississippi beaches have been closed to swimmers due to algae bloom caused by Bonnet Carre Spillway opening.
According to a report by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Pascagoula Beach was the last to restrict swimming, after tests came back positive from testing sites on the west and east sides of the beachy.
The beaches themselves remain open, but swimming in the water or eating fish caught off any of the closed beaches have the potential to make people sick.
The problem is a harmful algae bloom, which forms in waters that have abundant nutrients. The HAB, which looks like foam or scum on the surface of the water, produces toxins that have been linked to a variety of illnesses in people and animals.
Lake Pontchartrain is also facing the algae bloom, and the Northshore beaches closed to swimmers.
The HAB is thought to have been caused by the opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway.
The spillway is expected to be closed by the Army Corps of Engineers later in July.





