Heath, Brad,

Relentless Growth Transforms Lakes. Brad Heath. - Detroit News, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 60, Environment, 1522-3205; .

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


Great Lakes

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