Lake Erie one of most threatened Great Lakes COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP)
— A new report says Lake Erie is one of the most threatened of
the five Great Lakes. The Great Lakes Environmental Assessment
and Mapping Project concluded that Lake Erie was the second-most
threatened of the lakes, behind Ontario. That’s because of toxic
blue-green algae and invading species of fish, mussels and
plants. The Columbus Dispatch reports that researchers with the
project spent more than three years collecting data on 34 lake
“stressors” — including invasive species, climate change and
pollution. Lake Ontario landed its “worst” status because of
widespread mercury and PCB pollution, and problems stemming from
invasive sea lampreys and zebra and quagga mussels. But Ohio
advocates and experts have long argued that Erie is the most-
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