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Grand Lake St. Marys Polluted - No Contact with Water

Posted by John Richeson on August 7, 2010 at 10:17am in General

A site member alerted me of this. Sad to see this. Maybe it will be clear again some day. There appear to be no easy solutions to fix the problem. Among other things these articles state:

"Grand Lake has for years been considered one of Ohio's most polluted bodies of water, largely because of the phosphorus in the manure and fertilizers that run off nearby farms during storms. Cyanobacteria feed on the pollutants and have rapidly expanded to take over the lake.
The lake water can contain as many as four different toxins that can sicken people and kill animals."

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/08/06/grand-lake-st-mary.html?sid=101

http://news.topwirenews.com/2010/07/08/ohio-water-pollution-grand-lake-st-marys-plagued-with-toxic-algae-blooms_201007087824.html

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/neurotoxin-levels-in-grand-lake-st-marys-reach-new-high-epa-says-824821.html

http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2010/jul/30/ohio-gov-outlines-plan-deal-polluted-lake-ar-171916/

http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&rls=com.microsoft%3Aen-us%3AIE-SearchBox&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=grand+lake+st.+marys+algae&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=


Looks like the Gulf waters here in Florida are not the only waters that are being affected by mans tampering with nature.

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  • David Bailey August 9, 2010 at 1:52am
    Ha Ha Ha! I remember St. Marys Lake so very much, good times!
  • John Richeson August 8, 2010 at 4:16pm
    Hi Janis. That's interesting about your mom. Cool.

    I truly hope they reverse the problem and clear it up somehow. I bet they can if enough people make their minds up to do so including elected officials and wealthy farmers.
  • Janis Lang Johnson August 8, 2010 at 3:06pm
    My mother was born in St. Mary's 2-11-20, and spent many a summer chasing boys at that lake. It's a shame.
  • John Richeson August 7, 2010 at 7:29pm
    The water wasn't polluted in 1983. But we were. We had some fun times on the lake back then. Remember David and Eileen and Hope? Sunglasses and mustache....priceless. What a dork. Ha, ha.

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