Word: runoff
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...people who have come into contact with the water have developed symptoms including skin rashes, respiratory problems and memory loss. The culprit appears to be an obscure microbe called Pfiesteria piscicida, which under certain circumstances turns toxic. Though the precise trigger remains unclear, suspicion has fallen on agricultural runoffs, particularly from the region's numerous chicken farms. In addition to closing waterways, Governor Parris Glendening has named a panel to investigate the runoff problem and has called a summit of Governors from surrounding states to consider regional solutions...
...company office and pulls out a grim photographic record of Pfiesteria's impact. "Here's a rockfish with its mouth all messed up," he says. "Here's a carp with lesions on its side. Here's one with its nose all messed up." The state needs to limit agricultural runoff before the problem gets any worse, Maddox says. "We're already seeing more dead fish than we need...
...Chirac in a disastrous blunder, not only ousted a center-right majority that Le Pen reviles, it also vastly increased the clout of Le Pen's anti-immigrant National Front, which polled nearly 15% in the first round of voting and played a decisive role in the June 1 runoff. Though only one party member was elected, because of the mechanics of France's majority voting system, the Front siphoned off enough support from the conservatives to throw the election to the Socialists...
Unfortunately, most believe that runoff--and not CSO output--is the Charles River's primary problem...
Zimmerman said that the MWRA feels that because runoff problems are impossible to eliminate, EPA standards are impossible to achieve...