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Great lakes Pollution: U.S. reneges on agreement
Bacteria-laden beaches, lakes choked with algae and fish contaminated by industrial waste: these have been symptoms of pollution in the Great Lakes since the late 1950s. With growing threats to drinking water, wildlife populations and human health, governments on both sides of the border took action to reverse the Lakes' decline in the 1970s. Today they supply water to one-third of all Canadians and one-seventh of all Americans. Under the watchful eyes of scientists and environmentalists, the Lakes are slowly becoming great again.
Program: The National
Broadcast Date: April 20, 1982
Guest(s): George Becking, Allan Gotlieb, Courtney Reardon, Richard Thomas
Host: Knowlton Nash
Reporter: Terry Milewski
Duration: 3:55
Last updated: March 15, 2013
Page consulted on March 27, 2013
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