NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Rhode Island Department of Health and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management recommend avoiding contact with four bodies of water in the state due to confirmed blue-green algae blooms.

The following waterbodies were part of the recommendation:

Smith and Sayles Reservoir in Glocester

Wilson Reservoir in Burrillville

A section of Waterman Lake (Russell Road Beach) in Glocester

A section of Wenscott Reservoir (western basin, south of Douglas Avenue) in North Providence/Smithfield

RIDOH said that skin contact with blue-green algae can irritate the skin, nose, eyes, and throat, while ingesting the algae can cause stomachache, diarrhea, vomiting, and nausea, as well as dizziness, headache, fever, liver damage, and nervous system damage.

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