Blooming Algae!
Over the weekend
officials in Toledo, Ohio issued a Do-Not-Drink H20 Order. National
TV news attributed the ban to an algae bloom in Lake Eire, from
whence the city's water hails. Some news sources pointed out boiling
it only intensified the problem. National Public Radio, at least,
also informed us, what caused the algae bloom: nutrient runoff from
local farms, which, when warmer temps occur, stimulates the growth of
algae..
Critical eye
would like to know how long this society can condone unsustainable
farming that taints the drinking water of whole cities. Some rural
residents, drinking beer on my patio this weekend, saying they can
hardly sit in their own yards, for the flies generated by a local
beef operations. We suppose the answer to that will be beef
confinement operations!
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