51����

Is our drinking water quality threatened here in the Great Lakes region?

Have you ever seen the “nasty green slime” – properly known as a harmful algal bloom, or HAB in Lake Erie? Remember the July 31, 2014 “Do Not Drink/Do Not Boil” public health warning messages in Toledo? Tests revealed that the algae was producing microcystin, a sometimes deadly liver toxin and suspe…

Tags: Department of Earth Sciences , Joseph Ortiz , Research and Science , Lake Erie , climate change , Water pollution , Nutrient pollution , Stormwater , Clean Water Act , Great Lakes , Toxic algae , Drinking water , Green roofs , Environmental Science and Design Research Institute