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By Kate Golden
Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Two potential endocrine disruptors found in Minnesota waters. Nonylphenol is a breakdown product of a chemical family used in industrial laundry detergents, in crop spraying, as a stabilizer in plastic food packaging, in cosmetics and many other products. It is “highly toxic” to fish and aquatic organisms. It has been found “in human breast milk, blood and urine and is associated with reproductive and developmental effects in rodents,” according to the EPA, which has concerns about risks to people, especially children, and plans to phase it out. It is toxic to aquatic organisms at milligrams per liter; the U.S. demand was estimated at 380 million pounds in 2010. Nonylphenol was found in most of the wastewater treatment plant effluent Minnesota tested, about half of the downstream samples and a third of the upstream samples.
Chemicals that act like hormones have entered waters in the Great Lakes region and elsewhere. They are in soaps, plastics, industrial solvents, pesticides, herbicides and medicines.
Lake Superior Magazine has opened voting for it’s annual Best of the Lake survey. Categories for the finest that Lake Superior has to offer include best swimming beach, strolling beach, public lake view spot, place for a day outside, local brew, on the water experience. Nominations are sought for all four shores – Michigan, Wisconsin, Ontario, Minnesota. Vote here.
Harmful algal blooms are likely to persist on Lake Erie, primarily due to climate change, land use, invasive species and farming practices.
An active storm season this May and June may be a contributing factor.
Each week, Great Lakes Echo features a photo story about a different Area of Concern designated by the U.S. or Canadian governments in the Great Lakes basin. Guess where the area is located, based on the description of the site.
Toxic chemicals clinging to plastics could cause health problems for fish and other organisms in the Great Lakes.
Researchers are studying if plastic particles may distribute the chemicals which otherwise accumulate in sediments.
Each week, Great Lakes Echo features a photo story about a different Area of Concern designated by the U.S. or Canadian governments in the Great Lakes basin. Guess where the area is located, based on the description of the site.
Each week, Great Lakes Echo features a photo story about a different Area of Concern designated by the U.S. or Canadian governments in the Great Lakes basin. Guess where the area is located, based on the description of the site.
Each week, Great Lakes Echo features a photo story about a different Area of Concern designated by the U.S. or Canadian governments in the Great Lakes basin.
Guess where the area is located, based on the description of the site.