Toxic Toledo

gazelle77 · ‎03-01-2013

The problem stems mostly from farm runoff into the drinking supply water causing the overgrowth of the bloom. Seems like they allowed this to go on and they probably knew it was not a good thing for a long time. Now they have to pay the price. Those poor people living with bottled water for how long? Someone was not doing their environmental job to protect the drinking supply.... Rather late to wake up to the problem....

herekitty_kitty · ‎10-19-2011

unfortunately too many people in charge aren't doing their jobs and no one is making them accountable.

Lila Belle · ‎01-24-2013

How awful for them. I hope they can remedy the situation asap.

That's what the result of easing regulations will mean.

Mominohio · ‎08-08-2010

This isn't unusual in this particular area of Lake Erie, but it most often doesn't affect the drinking water supplies. This particular circumstance just happened to affect an area that feeds water into the system for a rather large city and suburban area in that part of the state.

Hope everyone has been alert and aware of what is going on, as this can cause problems with the liver, so it is a little more than just an inconvenience.

herekitty_kitty · ‎10-19-2011

On 8/3/2014 Lila Belle said:
How awful for them. I hope they can remedy the situation asap.

That's what the result of easing regulations will mean.

Agreed, this is what happens when we ease up on regulations and laws. They were put in place for a reason.

Mom2Dogs · ‎03-09-2010

On 8/3/2014 gazelle77 said: The problem stems mostly from farm runoff into the drinking supply water causing the overgrowth of the bloom. Seems like they allowed this to go on and they probably knew it was not a good thing for a long time. Now they have to pay the price. Those poor people living with bottled water for how long? Someone was not doing their environmental job to protect the drinking supply.... Rather late to wake up to the problem....

How do you know they knew it had been going on for a long time...from what I read and heard on the news the alert went out as soon as they knew. The water is checked several times per day.

gazelle77 · ‎03-01-2013

On 8/3/2014 momtodogs said:
On 8/3/2014 gazelle77 said: The problem stems mostly from farm runoff into the drinking supply water causing the overgrowth of the bloom. Seems like they allowed this to go on and they probably knew it was not a good thing for a long time. Now they have to pay the price. Those poor people living with bottled water for how long? Someone was not doing their environmental job to protect the drinking supply.... Rather late to wake up to the problem....

How do you know they knew it had been going on for a long time...from what I read and heard on the news the alert went out as soon as they knew. The water is checked several times per day.

The runoff into the water has been going on for a long time....

Lipstickdiva · ‎03-10-2010

As of this morning, the water ban has been lifted.

This problem has been brewing for over a decade according to officials.

gazelle77 · ‎03-01-2013

On 8/4/2014 LipstickDiva said:
As of this morning, the water ban has been lifted.

This problem has been brewing for over a decade according to officials.

A good wakeup call.... that could have been averted a decade ago if they stopped polluting their drinking water with farm runoff and instead DID SOMETHING TO FIX THE ISSUE.

terrier3 · ‎03-10-2010

On 8/4/2014 gazelle77 said:
On 8/4/2014 LipstickDiva said:
As of this morning, the water ban has been lifted.

This problem has been brewing for over a decade according to officials.

A good wakeup call.... that could have been averted a decade ago if they stopped polluting their drinking water with farm runoff and instead DID SOMETHING TO FIX THE ISSUE.

Easier said than done.

The Great Lakes get the run off from thousands of tributaries...and then the Great Lakes drain from one to another...which is why Lake Ontario (the last downhill) lake is the most polluted (but also the deepest.) Lake Erie is pretty shallow along Ohio.

The fertilizer problem has increased exponentially with the rise in GMO corn, which is grown for bio-fuel. There are regulations in the EPA now to reduce the amount of ethanol in fuel to break the cycle. It is currently more lucrative for farmers to raise GMO corn for fuel. They get heavy subsidies for it - vs. raising wheat or other crops.