Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: Relentless Growth Transforms Lakes, Aug. 14, 2005; pp. n.p..
"Drive a few minutes in any direction and the transformation here is obvious. Houses spring up out of old cornfields and orchards; shopping centers materialize next to them. Every year brings more people, more houses, more cars and more roads, changing the landscape relentlessly. The Great Lakes are changing with it. And not for the better." (DETROIT NEWS AND FREE PRESS) This article describes the environmental threats posed to the Great Lakes by development and pollution.
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Agricultural wastes Air pollution Atrazine Coastal ecology Dioxins Environmental health Escherichia coli Estrogen Farm manure Farms Fish as food--Contamination Global warming Overpopulation Polybrominated diphenyl ethers Real estate development Sewage--Environmental aspects Sewage--Purification Water pollution Wetland conservation