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Scientists get $100K to study Great Lakes cleanup results

A scientific consortium has been awarded a $100,000 grant for a study of how well some of the Great Lakes' most heavily polluted sites have been cleaned up.

Billions of dollars have been spent on restoring 'areas of concern'

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A photo of algal bloom in Lake Erie.
In this Aug. 3, 2014, file photo, an algae bloom covers Lake Erie near the City of Toledo water intake crib off the shore of Curtice, Ohio. (Haraz N. Ghanbari/Associated Press)

A scientific consortium has been awarded a $100,000 grant for a study of how well some of the Great Lakes' most heavily polluted sites have been cleaned up.

The Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation is providing the funds over two years to the International Association for Great Lakes Research.

Charter boat captain Dave Spangler holds a sample of algae from Maumee Bay in Lake Erie in Oregon, Ohio, on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. Scientists estimate about 85 percent of the Maumee's phosphorus, which promotes algal growth, comes from croplands and livestock operations.
Charter boat captain Dave Spangler holds a sample of algae from Maumee Bay in Lake Erie in Oregon, Ohio, on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. Scientists estimate about 85 percent of the Maumee's phosphorus, which promotes algal growth, comes from croplands and livestock operations. (Paul Sancya/AP)

John Hartig will lead the project. He is a former president of the research group and has worked on toxic hot spots in the region for 30 years.

Billions of dollars have been spent on restoring what U.S. and Canadian officials call Great Lakes "areas of concern." Most are harbours or sections of rivers that flow into the lakes and were contaminated with industrial chemicals before anti-pollution laws were enacted in the last century.

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