Eutrophication, Cyanobacteria, and Cyanotoxins Newsletters

From the Mainstream Media / Dans les médias grand public Canada: L’avenir de la gestion de l’eau douce au Canada « La vision de cette nouvelle agence fédérale, dont le siège sera situé à Winnipeg, au Manitoba, est de veiller à ce que les ressources en eau douce restent sûres, propres et bien gérées pour aujourd’hui et les générations futures. » Canada: The future of freshwater management in Canada “The vision for the new federal agency—to be headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba—is to ensure freshwater resources are kept safe, clean, and well-managed for today and for future generations.” The Netherlands: Layers Of Responsibility For Dutch Nitrogen Pollution “Nitrogen is used in chemical fertilizers to produce the soy that, in turn, is fed to livestock. The combined feces and urine of animals that are crowded into barns leads to more nitrogen, which evaporates as atmospheric ammonia. There’s simply not enough space for all the manure.” Wisconsin, USA: Wiscon...

From the Mainstream Media / Dans les médias grand public “It’s getting worse” – US failing to stem tide of harmful farm pollutants “The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has called nutrient pollution “the single greatest challenge to our nation’s water quality,” and acknowledges that much of the nutrient pollution flowing into the northern Gulf originates on agricultural land.” Government agencies “tell you they are spending all this money, therefore they must be doing something right,” she said. “But if you look at water quality data, at what’s really happening, it’s getting worse, not better.” Video : Here’s What All the Earth’s Water Looks Like In One Sphere “2/3 of the planet’s surface is covered in water - but if you took every drop and formed it into a single ball, how big would it be? The answer may surprise you.” How Industrial Agriculture Affects Our Water “Water pollution from industrial agriculture, including CAFO...

From the Mainstream Media / Dans les médias grand public United Kingdom : Fears for river pollution as UK ditches EU farming rules after Brexit “As of 1 January 2024, British farmers will no longer have to follow EU regulations on reducing agricultural runoff into rivers, or a series of other measures designed to promote good environmental practices.” Algae, Aerosols, and Asthma Researchers recently found evidence that airway exposure to the algal toxin microcystin can create an inflammatory response in lungs that is exacerbated in experimental models of asthma. Michigan, USA : MSU ‘Edge-of-Field’ research hopes to turn the tide in water quality “They are examining the effectiveness of a water management system — controlled drainage — to see how it is best implemented and how effective this system is at keeping nutrients in fields rather than draining into surrounding waterways where they can create harmful algae blooms.” Discussing the environmental impacts of zero l...

From the Mainstream Media / Dans les médias grand public North Carolina, USA: US Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Decision to Implement a Cyanobacteria Pilot Study “The treatment would use a sodium percarbonate-based algaecide.” South Africa: Opinion: New cyanobacteria discoveries point to alarming changes in our already distressed waterways “Our capacity to cope with rapidly changing conditions within our aquatic ecosystems is simply being overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of change on multiple fronts.” Ireland: 'Difficult interventions' needed to address environmental crisis at Northern Ireland's largest lake “The crisis is thought to be caused by factors such as nitrogen and phosphorus from farm fertilisers seeping into the water, the spread of invasive zebra mussels, and climate change.” Canada : Enhanced nitrogen fertilizer efficiency adoption is low “Most farmers decided the extra cost associated with using enhanced efficiency fertilizers is...