Great Lakes experiencing 'new stresses'

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An aquatic expert warns that despite improved policies and extensive clean-up, the Great Lakes remain stressed and threatened.

Doug Haffner, the senior Canada research chair in Great Lakes Research at the University of Windsor, says a number of pollutant abatement programs implemented since the 1960s had a positive impact on the lakes.

"However, we have new issues. The Great Lakes have many different stresses on them right now," Haffner said.

He said one newer concern is pharmaceutical waste.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/story/2013/03/15/wdr-great-lake-stresses.html

http://www.tedhsu.ca/news-and-media/openletter.html

[MichiganVote]

1. What the hell do people expect? The lakes are taken for granted every year.

God I'm so sick of people assuming the lakes are problem free. Think!

[Joe Shlabotnik]

2. Best line:

"We’re much more water dependent than oil dependent. It’d be nice for us as a society to wake up and realize that."

[SunSeeker]

3. You can live without oil, but you can't live without water.

When are we going to realize how precious--and polluted--our waters are?

[ConcernedCanuk]

4. "When are we going to realize how precious . .?" - when it's too late

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That's just the way us humans behave!

When we finally wipe ourselves out, momma nature is gonna party!

And the planet will survive quite well without us.

Sumthing to ponder.

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