Advocates Press Great Lakes Leaders On Algal Blooms As EPA Strategizes

摘要

Environmentalists are stepping up pressure pn Great Lakes governors to follow through with plans to reduce nutrient pollution in Lake Erie that could cause a reprisal of a 2014 harmful algal bloom (HAB) outbreak that temporarily cut off water supplies for Toledo, OH, residents, even as a new federal law requires EPA to develop a strategic plan for assessing and managing the risks of such outbreaks. But any state, regional or federal action as a result of these efforts will come too late to address HABs, and the cyanotoxins they produce, that may emerge in the coming weeks, sources say.