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Agricultural Wastes Main Source of E.Coli in Lake Huron, Study Finds
May 7, 2009
Agricultural wastes are the main source of E.coli bacteria that contaminate a part of Lake Huron prized for recreation, says a new study by U of G researchers.
Almost two-thirds of the bacteria in the southeastern Lake Huron study site came from livestock waste, said Prof. Jack Trevors of the department of Environmental Biology, who co-authored the study with Prof. Hung Lee (Environmental Biology) and researchers from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. This is the first report to show how much bacterial pollution comes from difference sources between Goderich and Kincardine.
