January 2012 Solutions Newsletter

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Top portion of the January 2012 newsletter
Environmentally Friendly New Year’s Resolutions In 2012, why not make a resolution that is not only good for you, but good for the environment as well. Lake Erie Faces Collapse Lake Erie supports a large diversity of life and has a complex ecosystem. It is the most biologically productive Great Lake and is home to

Wisconsin’s Lack of Algae Bloom Information on its 15,000 Lakes

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Lake Water Algae Bloom
Algae blooms can be dangerous, but there is no system that captures the total picture of algal blooms in Wisconsin’s 15,000 lakes, according to a new study. The analysis, which was conducted by the Environmental Working Group, showed that Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota all lack sufficient testing programs for cyanobacteria. To allow for more data

What effect do blue-green algae have on you or your loved ones?

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Blue Green Algae Bloom
What effect do blue-green algae have on you or your loved ones? There’s a way to help you figure that out. During the algal bloom problems of 2018, many people reported respiratory issues and health concerns as the green gunk built up. The CDC is starting a new study on the health effects of cyanotoxins.

Human Impact on Aquatic Plant Life

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Natural Shorelines Help Filter Pollutants
Algal blooms in Bednesti Lake, British Columbia, Canada, over recent years led researchers to look into how humans impact aquatic life. Overall what they found was a chain reaction, when a type of aquatic plant like a lily pad was removed, other plants disappeared too. Researchers analyzed 16 human-caused disturbances and 10 natural disturbances to

Lake Erie: On the Brink of Collapse (Again)

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Lake Water Algae Bloom
Summer algae blooms are not uncommon, especially when the summer heat moves in, but the toxic algae bloom that caused the issuance of a water ban in Toledo is a sign of Lake Erie’s distress. Lake Erie became very polluted in the 1960s and 1970s as a result of the quantity of heavy industry situated