Saturday, November 18, 2017

Toxic algae: Once a nuisance, now a severe nationwide threat | Hosted

A small minority of farms participate in federal programs that promote practices to reduce fertilizer runoff. That is why the needed measures to control soluble reactive phosphorus CANNOT BE VOLUNTARY but MUST BE MANDATORY! Small family farmers need to be assisted by compensation paid by large factory farms!

Algae floats in the water at the Maumee Bay State Park marina in Lake Erie in Oregon, Ohio, on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017. Pungent, ugly and often-toxic algae is spreading across U.S. waterways, even as the government spends vast sums of money to help farmers reduce fertilizer runoff that helps cause it. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Paul Sancya, ASSOCIATED PRESS

Toxic algae: Once a nuisance, now a severe nationwide threat | Hosted

2 comments:

  1. I agree, toxic algae should be controlled and, small farmers should be paid by large factory farms.

    ReplyDelete
  2. No more Welfare for the Well Connected!! Farmers are already the biggest wealthiest Welfare Recipients.. If they don't follow the Clean Water Act and Pollute.. Prosecute!!

    ReplyDelete