Great Lakes water quality: Status report on organic and heavy metal contaminants in the lakes Erie, Michigan, Huron, and Superior basins
Konasewich, D; Traversy, W; Zar, H
Early in 1978, the Great Lakes Water Quality Board directed its Implementation Committee to prepare a report which would: review available data on the distribution and bioaccumulation of "toxic materials" in the basins of lakes Erie, Huron, Superior and Michigan; define the necessary future programs to assess the degree of contamination in the basins; and, recommend future data collection, financial and technical assistance to conduct necessary programs and measures to protect the public health and resources of lakes Erie, Huron, Superior, and Michigan. A report for Lake Ontario was prepared in 1976.
This report to the Implementation Committee is an inventory of organic and heavy metal contaminants which have been detected in the basins of lakes Erie, Huron, Superior and Michigan. Subsequently, under the auspices of the Implementation Committee, the identified contaminants will be evaluated to determine which, if any, may have potential effects on human health and the environment. Recommendations for future programs will then be developed.