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Toxic algae linked to farm runoff

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Toxic algae linked to farm runoff
Fertilizers and manure that wash off farm fields and into waterways cause the
blooms of toxic algae that foul Lake Erie’s western basin each summer,
according to a new state report.

May 11, 2010, Columbus, OH
– Fertilizers and manure that wash off farm fields and into waterways cause the
blooms of toxic algae that foul Lake Erie’s western basin each summer,
according to a new state report.

Though it offers new
estimates and statistics that show a dramatic increase in farm pollution in the
past 15 years, the final report of the Lake Erie Phosphorus Task Force offers
no solutions with teeth.

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