2. Category of Problem/Issue: Environmental safety
3. Level of Problem: State and federal
4. The article concerns:
Toxic algae taking over lakes and beaches
Toxic algae taking over lakes and beaches
5. Why is this important to individuals/families OR How does
it affect individuals/families?
Environmental safety affects every
living thing in the area, and the EPA not coming to help states clean up the
toxins is unacceptable.
6. What are your views on the issue/problem?
It is absolutely outrageous that the Environmental
Protection Agency is taking a “hands-off” approach in response to a toxic algae
Cyanobacterium taking over beaches and lakes across multiple states. Obviously
it is a big deal if multiple states and bodies of water are being affected,
especially when there has already been one human fatality and deaths of
multiple animals. This bright green algae releases spores that can seriously
damage liver and nerve cells, dogs are attracted to the smell of it and humans
can absorb the toxins by just swimming in the water it inhabits. Many local
agencies have filed a class-action lawsuit against the EPA for being completely
indifferent to the situation. I do not understand how the federal agency for
environmental safety does not thing that this is an issue they need to be
involved in. They are named the environmental PROTECTION agency; they need to
protect the environment and its inhabitants from this incredibly toxic invasive
plant species that seems to be only getting worse and worse. The states where
this is going on need to make a bigger deal out of this travesty, the first I
have even heard of it was in today’s paper. More people in the country need to
be made aware of the federal governments lack of concern for the states in
need.
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