Lake Champlain Algae Blooms and ALS Quiz

What is the subject of the new documentary airing on mountain lake PBS?

• A. Lake Champlain pollution

• B. Blue-green algae blooms

• C. Neurotoxins in water

• D. ALS research

What is the name of the father and daughter filmmakers from Vermont who made the documentary?

• C. Phil Mullet and Dr. Stahma

• D. David and Elijah

• B. Tom Holly and Jim Haney

• A. Jim and Jackie Hills

What is the name of the neurotoxin that researchers are interested in regarding ALS and cyanobacteria?

• B. Vada

• D. All of the above

• A. BMAA

• C. Methyl amino alanine

What did the Vermont Department of Health start monitoring for in 2001 in response to some deaths of dogs?

• A. Air pollution

• B. Water contamination

• C. Cyanobacteria

• D. Neurotoxins

What did researchers set up along the road at different intervals to study aerosol exposure?

• A. Weather stations

• D. Water testing kits

• B. Air quality monitors

• C. Aerosol collectors

What did David start noticing in 2014 that led to his diagnosis of ALS?

• C. Slurred speech

• D. Nerve degeneration

• B. Rashes

• A. Skin irritations

What is the property that David took care of since 1990?

• C. All Souls interfaith gathering

• B. Tower Shaboom point

• D. Dartmouth-hitchcock Medical Center

• A. Lake Natoma

What did the couple at the event in Shelburne indicate about their groundskeeper?

• A. He had ALS

• B. He had skin irritations

• C. He was a researcher

• D. He was a filmmaker

What did the researchers at UVM and Dartmouth-hitchcock Medical Center find about ALS clustering in Lake Natoma?

• D. 100 times higher incidence

• B. No incidence

• C. 10 times higher incidence

• A. 40 times higher incidence