Ohio lawmakers hope fertilizer licensing helps curb algae growth
Columbus, Ohio (UPI) Aug 5, 2013 - Only days after a toxic algae bloom in Lake Erie left some 400,000 residents of Northwest Ohio without safe tap water, policy makers and regulators are looking for ways to prevent a similar crisis in the future. Because the growing algae that blooms in the Great Lakes and elsewhere have been blamed on spikes of phosphorous - carried along with the runoff from industrial farms - fertil ... more

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