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Great Lakes Daily News: 08 August 2006
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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Exported mercury returns to haunt U.S.
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Tons of toxic mercury from U.S. recycling programs are funneled each year to loosely regulated industries in developing countries, where much of the hazardous metal is released into the atmosphere, where it can drift back to the U.S. and contaminate lakes and rivers. Source: Chicago Tribune (8/8)


Scientists use trapping, predators to eliminate invasive species
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A strategy to eliminate an invasive species of crayfish from a northern Wisconsin lake might provide a model for removing other nonnative species from the state's waterways. Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press (8/8)


Power industry seeks high-tech solutions to mercury
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The Presque Isle Power Plant is the test site for a new system that prevents gaseous mercury from escaping into the atmosphere by mixing it with carbon, creating ash that is collected and trucked to landfills. Source: Traverse City Record-Eagle (8/8)


Disputed study used for drinking water guide
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Health Canada is drawing on disputed research about a controversial chemical to create new drinking water guidelines for the country in the aftermath of the Walkerton disaster. Source: National Post (8/8)


Ohio bill aims at fishing industry
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Restaurant owners who have depended on Lake Erie perch for the popularity of their fish fries are among those concerned about the potential impact of a proposed law that could eliminate commercial fishing in Ohio. Source: Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum (8/8)


Huge loss of wetlands has animals on the run
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Bigger farms, parking lots, loss of connected woodlands have all combined to eliminate habitat that Ohio's amphibians depend on to survive. Source: The Toledo Blade (8/7)


Toledo port gains agreement to handle new cargo
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Steel pipe imported from Germany for a pipeline expected to cross parts of eight states soon will become the next new cargo to cross the Port of Toledo's docks. Source: The Toledo Blade (8/7)


Beacon needs brilliance restored
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A raffle for a Great Lakes voyage on a freighter, a trip not usually available to the public, is among the high points of a fundraiser to restore the historic Grosse Ile North Channel Light. Source: The Detroit News (8/7)


Some sport anglers skeptical about fish advisory
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Some sport anglers have voiced skepticism about a fish advisory published by Michigan's Department of Community Health warning people to limit consumption due to contamination from mercury, PCBs and other toxins. Source: The Detroit News (8/6)


New drunk boating law takes effect in N.Y.
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As of Sunday, operating a boat while drunk on New York state waters will draw the same stiff penalties as an arrest for drunken driving. Source: The Buffalo News (8/5)


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