Lake Erie Pollution Problem 1970
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Uploaded by markdcatlin on Dec 14, 2008
By the 1960s the lower Cuyahoga River in Cleveland was used for waste disposal, and was choked with debris, oils, sludge, industrial wastes and sewage. These pollutants were considered a major source of impact to Lake Erie, which was considered dead at the time. On June 22, 1969 a river fire captured national attention. Time magazine described the Cuyahoga as the river that "oozes rather than flows" and in which a person "does not drown but decays." This event helped spur an avalanche of pollution control activities resulting in the Clean Water Act, Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, and the creation of the federal and state Environmental Protection Agencies. For more information on the past problems and current state of Lake Erie, go to the TEACH site at http://www.great-lakes.net/teach/pollution/water/water5.html . TEACH is a project of the Great Lakes Commission through a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Great Lakes National Program Office.
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Now companies just run over to China to keep polluting.
ga1999 1 month ago
you have an awesome video..thanks for sharing!
dennisholcon123 3 months ago
@orlandoricans Me to I miss Bay Village, so much :(
vampgrl79 7 months ago
poor Cuyahoga River!
ohiocanalgirl 9 months ago
What movie/video is this from?
RoFLGuNn 9 months ago
this is happening now in fucking CHINA!!!!!!!!!!
maplemanz 1 year ago
I used to live by Lake Erie in Ashtabula County and I would go biking to go swimming in it every summer from the late 80's to early 90's and not once did I get ill. I love Lake Erie! <3
GlassYoshino 1 year ago
We lived in Eastlake 1 block from lake, from about 1963 - 1969. My mom would walk with us down to the lake, but we were NOT allowed to touch the water!
Moved to Virginia in 1969.
tntwise24153 1 year ago
lake erie is so much cleaner then used to be! I remember back in the early 80's when was a kid it used to the water looked brown almost like coke cola!!! It's not like that now! It ink blue today.
1978mtb 1 year ago
Lake erie is till a disgusting lake... Its like toxic so pregnant women can't eat fish from it.. lol I still love buffalo!
AnotherAppleMacbook 1 year ago