The shallowest Great Lake provides drinking water for more people than any other. Algae blooms are making it toxic - and it's getting worse

Ed Verhamme, a coastal engineer with LimnoTech, collects a concentrated sample of algae and bacteria near the intake crib on Lake Erie in Toledo, Ohio on Sept. 24, 2019. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Ed Verhamme, a coastal engineer with LimnoTech, collects a concentrated sample of algae and bacteria near the intake crib on Lake Erie in Toledo, Ohio on Sept. 24, 2019. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
The shallowest Great Lake provides drinking water for more people than any other. Algae blooms are making it toxic - and it's getting worse
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