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Great Lakes Daily News: 29 August 2003
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Mercury in fish may be less toxic
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The form of mercury in fish may not be the nail-laced powder keg people
thought it was, but less toxic. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (8/29)


U.S. EPA says it won't regulate CO2 emissions from autos
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The Bush administration denied a petition on Thursday by three environmental
groups to declare carbon dioxide spewed by automobiles as a pollutant.
Source: Environmental News Network (8/29)


Backups kept water, sewer going in Toledo
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While the regional sewer district had to let sewage bypass treatment plants
during the blackout and empty into Lake Erie, Toledo's treatment plant
continued to run. Source: The Cleveland Plain Dealer (8/28)


Great Lakes salmon finally show up
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There were plenty of steelhead and lake trout this summer, but the chinooks
and cohos that are the prized catches on the Great Lakes were few and far
between. Source: Detroit Free Press (8/28)


Lake Erie art contest open to high schoolers
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Ohio high school students are invited to express what Lake Erie means to
them and why Lake Erie is vital to Ohio and the Great Lakes region through
an art contest sponsored by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
Source: Port Clinton News Herald (8/28)


Be aware of Lyme disease, Michigan advises
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As the threat of West Nile virus lingers, state health officials are warning
of another insect-borne scourge that appears to be migrating up the Lake
Michigan shoreline. Source: The Grand Rapids Press (8/28)


Last gasp: Summer fun, tourism dollars
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Roughly 1.2 million Michiganians are planning Labor Day weekend trips,
offering the state's tourist industry a final chance to rescue a severely
challenged summer season. Source: The Detroit News (8/27)


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