A green flag flying on a Great Lakes beach does not necessarily mean it’s safe to swim. Checking beach monitoring websites like BeachGuard is not a surefire solution either. These two findings are central to a public health research project, the Great Lakes Microbial Water Quality Assessment, that has set out to measure microbial and […]
Author Archives: Amalia Medina
Amalia Medina is a reporting intern at Circle of Blue through the Great Lakes News Collaborative program. She is a senior at Michigan State University pursuing degrees in journalism and comparative cultures & politics.

