[All] Erie Alert: Toxic algae issue growing worse

[Louisette Lanteigne]

Hello everyone

The National Wildlife Service recently released their report to the US public works committee on the status of Lake Erie. Data shows the massive blooms in Erie are heading EAST to where our projected intake areas are and the massive blooms are growing worse and are expected to get larger with our warm weather this weekend. Right now they are at levels higher that levels seen in the 1960's posing serious risk to humans and ecosystems. The report to support this is in the attachment. The cause appears to be heavy phosphate nitrates and sediment loading entering into the Lake.

To add to the woes, invasive mussels are stirring up the sediment at the bottom of Erie recirculating once settled contaminates including PCB, mercury, trace metals etc.
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-10-chemical-munching-mussels-contaminating-great-lakes.html


Todd French, a biologist at Queens University in Kingston had the data published in Ecosystems Journal states:  "There is a concern for the 40 million people (Canadians and Americans) living near the Great Lakes,"

Louisette

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