February 03, 2012
By Paul Weamer
By DANA MASSING, Erie Times-News
dana.massing@timesnews.com
Great Lakes biologist Jim Grazio wouldn't expect harmful algea bloom in Presque Isle Bay and nearby Lake Erie now. But that doesn't mean they couldn't be a problem here later.
"Things seem to be getting worse in the last decade or so," Grazio said. "HABs seem to be starting earlier, persisting longer and increasing in frequency."
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These dense populations of algae, which contain toxins and can harm fish and humans, have especially been growing in the western basin of Lake Erie, around bays in Ohio, prompting a Pennsylvania senator to ask the Environmental Protection Agency for help. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey sent a letter to the EPA in December, encouraging the agency to work to improve the water quality in Lake Erie.
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http://www.goerie.com/article/20120121/NEWS02/301219943/Senator-seeks-EPA-help-with-harmful-algae-in-Lake-Erie
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