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Yes, indirectly. Common pool algae are not directly harmful, but algae convert sunlight into food and release waste products that can feed harmful bacteria and other micro-organisms. Black algae can be quite difficult to eliminate, particularly in plaster pools. Any item that has been exposed to the algae should be treated along with the pool water. All pool toys, nets, hoses, brushes, etc. need to be thrown into the pool and treated. The sides of the pool will often need to be scraped or brushed. Probably the best algaecide is copper (II) sulfate. After the treatment is complete, you may then need to use Pool Magnet to remove the copper from the water.

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No. It may turn your hair a different color, but it won't hurt you. The fish lives in it.

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Yes, lack of chlorine could be detrimental to your health. There could be all sorts of bacteria - e coli, and on and on, breeding in the pool in this condition. If you have cuts any where on your body these organisms can enter there. Women are most sceptical to infections in this instance. And, no, your hair will not turn a different color - lack of chlorine or higher rates of chlorine are not the cause of this condition. It is the improper levels of your pH that are the culprit. Continuing to have algae, cloudy, brackish water invites mosquitoes. There have been cases where pets, old people and children have fallen into these green smelly pits of neglected pool water and drowned and no one could see them floating just below the surface.

Do yourself and your neighbors a favor and correct the situation of your pool.

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Not TOO much for humans... I mean, we swim in ponds/lakes/and oceans all the time, don't we? But the effect of it getting inside of us would be. Those are living icky things! And who knows what's in a water that grows algae. =/

For pools, it can clog the filter system and make it work harder and just ruin your equipment. So even if it doesn't bother us as much, it will to your pool system.

And plus... all around that's kinda gross!

For better answers and to help you think I suggest you Wikipedia or read a little up on Algae in good ole books or simply on Google answers. READ MORE than ONE source =D

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yes you will get sick or you may even die

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