Why is there no mention of wildlife as an indirect source of
contamination?
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Julie"
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Great Lakes Regional
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Good afternoon,
The Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Coastal Health Strategy Team
would like any information (manuscripts, published abstracts, technical
reports or web addresses) regarding current Great Lakes research that is
in keeping with our problem statement (currently in draft form):
“Contact (including external, ingestion, and inhalation) with
near shore water of the Great Lakes can pose a risk to human
health. Much of the cause is due to pollution that enters and
accumulates in the Great Lakes as a result of combined sewer
overflows (CSO), sanitary sewer overflows (SSO), inconsistent
sewage treatment standards, shedding from bathers, lack of
wastewater monitoring and enforcement, aging and overloaded
sewage treatment equipment, and illegal and inefficient septic
systems. Indirect sources, such as storm water runoff,
agricultural runoff, atmospheric deposition and releases of
pollutants from contaminated sediments, also contribute to the
risk of adverse health outcomes. Monitoring alone is
insufficient to determine contamination sources. Additional
funding is needed to assist federal, state, and local governments
to address pollution elimination and for public education.”
Attached you will find the body of knowledge assembled to date. If you
have suggestions or additions please send them as a response to this e/m
and do not add or subtract from the original document. Our target date
for assembling this information is February 28th.
Thank you in advance for your additions/suggestions,
Julie Kinzelman
City of Racine, Wisconsin
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