Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms
A six-part series
toxic algae blooms series
Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms
Billions spent on strategies to limit nutrient pollution that don’t work.
Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms
Water sampling finds no reduction in bloom-producing nutrients.
In A Year of Water Quality Reckoning, National Imperative is Impeded
Law and policy treat farms as special class of polluter.
Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most
Algae blooms are hiking the cost of water for people already struggling to pay their bills.
Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators
Cause of Michigan’s worst water pollution is too much waste spread on too little land.
Remedies for Harmful Algal Blooms Are Available in Law and Practice
They are expensive, in many cases experimental, and take a long time to work.
This project was made possible by the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation, and the Joyce Foundation.