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Ohio State Making Strides in Working to Improve Water Quality
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algal blooms caused dangerous microcystin levels in Lake Erie and shut down Toledo’s water supply for ... water resources and promote harmful algal blooms. Major water quality problems have occurred in Lake ... Erie, Grand Lake St. Marys and other Ohio water resources in recent years. Within these aquatic ...
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Evaluation Of Cyanobacteria And Their Toxins In A Two-Staged Model Of Hepatocarcinogenesis
Illnesses caused by exposure to cyanobacterial toxins – which come from hazardous algal blooms in lakes ... Do algal blooms lead to cancer? Principal Investigator Christopher Weghorst, Ohio State University ... Description Research investigates the role of the algal toxin microcystin in the development of liver cancer ...
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Updating Ohio's Phosphorus Risk Index Is Generating Positive Initial Results
Scioto, Grand Lake St. Marys and Western Lake Erie Basin watersheds. To date, the project has collected ... in the degradation of Ohio surface water and contributes to harmful algal blooms. “Our intention is ...
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More Than 10,000 Ohio Farmers Have Received Water Quality Training
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to the harmful algal blooms plaguing Lake Erie and other bodies of water in recent years. “Since we ... on the link between phosphorus, harmful algal blooms and agriculture; best management practices for ... nearby and downstream water resources. Experts say soluble phosphorus runoff from farms is a contributor ...
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Development Of An Integrated System For Nitrogen And Phosphorus Removal From Animal Manure
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a growing crop could absorb. Too much phosphorus in our lakes can lead to harmful algal blooms. A research ...
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Ohio State Improving Water Quality, One Farm at a Time
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to help protect water quality in the western basin of Lake Erie. Ohio, Michigan and Indiana farmers ... would especially benefit the watershed around Grand Lake St. Marys in western Ohio, where there are ... real-time concentrations of microcystin in Lake Erie’s waters. A sensor will be developed to detect ...
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and water in western lake Erie region. J Great Lakes Res 42(2):476-81. 2016 National Breeders ...
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Guidance for powdered activated carbon use to remove cyanotoxins
Smarter charcoal use: guidance for water treatment plants during algal bloom season Principal ... effectively remove harmful algal toxins from drinking water. Harmful algal blooms can produce a family of ...
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Development Of BioFET Sensors For Real Time Monitoring Of Cyanotoxins
the water. But in the case of harmful algal blooms, current methods for getting those answers are ... New field sensors will quickly scan for multiple algal toxins in water, food Principal ... that link directly with algal toxins, so it is able to detect substances of concern even when there are ...
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Method Development for Detecting Toxins In Biological Samples
a method to detect microcystin compounds in human tissue. Since harmful algal blooms are a relatively ... Developing techniques to measure harmful algal toxins in the human body Principal Investigator ... recent issue, scientists are still developing the tools needed to tell whether algal toxins or their ...