Pollution In The Great Lakes

Reducing the use of single use plastics, farmers reducing the use of pesticides, companies being more careful with the handling of their waste, throwing out your garbage, and using face cleansers with no plastic beads in it.

This initiative will work to decrease pollution levels in the lake by regulating companies to reduce the releasing of harmful chemicals.

Flooding can lead to contaminated water from drains and the sewer rise up and go directly into the lake.

Increased rainfall can lead to landslides which can drag waste into waterways.

Lake water is used in irrigation, and the left over water is sometimes not properly handled after use and is just put straight back into the lake.

Heavy industry, agriculture, and manufacturing

PCB, dioxins, furans, hexachlorobenzene, lead, and mercury compounds.

Chemical, plastic and nutrient pollution

The polluting of water will make it increasingly harder to filter
and will begin to negatively affect the health of the animals and plants presents.

Plant and animal life will begin to die off because of the constant toxins going through their systems.