April 20, 2005

New study finds danger riding in ship water tanks

The headline says it all -- almost. Jeff Alexander, an award-winning environmental reporter, says the rest.

http://www.mlive.com/news/muchronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-6/1113923727250340.xml

Oceangoing freighters which are supposed to be clean before entering the Great Lakes carry billions of foreign organisms into the freshwater seas each year, including saltwater algae, invertebrates and potentially deadly bacteria.

Posted by Dave at April 20, 2005 09:05 AM
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