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Great Lakes Daily News: 23 February 2005
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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South Bass sickness blamed on wells
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Contaminated well water is probably to blame for making hundreds of people sick when they visited South Bass Island last summer, according to a preliminary report released by Ohio health officials. Source: The Plain Dealer (2/23)


World officials call for curbs on mercury
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Environmental ministers meeting in Kenya this week will be asked to choose between strict curbs on mercury proposed by the European Union and a voluntary approach advocated by the United States. Source: The Detroit News (2/23)


Toxic pool has PCB levels 200,000 times above safe levels
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A pool of cancer-causing PCBs has been found lying beneath sewer lines in St. Clair Shores, Mich. Source: Booth Newspapers (2/23)


Panel says it's open to all sewer options
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Regional planners studying Milwaukee's overflowing sewage have assured suburban officials that "everything is on the table" in looking for ways to combat the regional problem. Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2/23)


Great Lakes 'legend' makes a comeback
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Nearly wiped out by overfishing at the turn of the century, there is evidence that he lake sturgeon, which is millions of years older than the Great Lakes, is making a comeback. Source: The Toronto Star (2/23)


Rivals for ferry drift away
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The City of Rochester won a huge victory when no one put down a deposit by Tuesday's deadline that would signal an intent to buy the high-speed ferry and take it out of Rochester. Source: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (2/23)


Budget Day: $11B for environment
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The Canadian federal budget to be proposed today is expected to contain more than $11 billion to spur environmentally friendly projects by cities, industry and individual Canadians. Source: The Toronto Star (2/23)


Deal reached for pollution cleanup at Bay Harbor
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A deal has reportedly been reached to clean up pollution oozing into Lake Michigan from cement kiln dust piles on the grounds of the Bay Harbor luxury resort. Source: Booth Newspapers (2/22)


Environmental standards could get muddy
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Indiana conservationists are choking on an environmental bill that would prohibit Indiana from adopting sewage treatment standards more stringent than the corresponding provisions in federal law. Source: Northwest Indiana Times (2/21)


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