The science is clear: Lake Erie's algae problem is caused by excess phosphorus pollution, nearly 90% of which comes from the booming agricultural industry ...

12 авг. 2024 г. · Excessive algal growth in Lake Erie threatens the ecosystem and human health of a waterbody that provides drinking water for 12 million people ...

For decades, pollution filled Lake Erie with far more nutrients than the lake could handle, with phosphorous being the main culprit.

20 янв. 2023 г. · In the 1960s, Lake Erie suffered from extreme pollution due to industrial waste and sewage runoff, and parts of the lake were declared dead.

Of all of the Great Lakes, Lake Erie had become predominantly polluted by the 1960s, largely due to the heavy industrial presence along its shores. With 11.6 ...

23 апр. 2021 г. · One major culprit of algae-causing local water pollution had been phosphorus from laundry detergents. By the late 1980s all Great Lakes states, ...

27 апр. 2022 г. · The amount of phosphorus coming into Lake Erie was halved from the 1970s to the 1980s. The major sources of phosphorus reductions were ...

12 июн. 2024 г. · This is due to several factors, including runoff from farms that carries fertilizers rich in phosphorus and nitrogen, which feed the blooms.

26 апр. 2024 г. · Lake Erie is being sickened by agricultural runoff and polluted wastewater, turning this important source of freshwater green.