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Medicines, household chemicals flow into creeks.
Byline: Bob Downing
AKRON, Ohio _ Tinkers Creek is a pretty, tree-lined stream that meanders through southern Cuyahoga and northern Summit and Portage counties in Ohio. Its water quality is considered good, and it should be a good habitat for wildlife.
So where are all the fish?
Despite improved water quality, the fish population in this Cuyahoga River tributary has not improved in the last 20 years.
Now the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is looking at whether the culprit is a new water-pollution threat: tiny amounts of thousands of chemicals widely used in medications, beauty aids, cleaners and foods. These substances include caffeine, cotinine (from tobacco products), antibiotics, contraceptives, painkillers, antidepressants, hormones, steroids, chemotherapy drugs, insect repellents, veterinary medicines, soaps, perfumes, plasticizers and fire retardants.
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- Ohio EPA Director appoints Cuyahoga River RAP Chairman.
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- Clean test studied at Cuyahoga River: Researcher sees hope in new measurement.
- Newspaper article from: Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH) October 19, 2006 700+ words
...might get a new way to tell whether the Cuyahoga River is safe for visitors within two years...shows great promise based on recent Cuyahoga River field testing, she said. The testing...fast way of alerting people when the Cuyahoga River and Lake Erie are safe for boating...
- OHIO EPA: Ohio EPA seeks input on goal of improving water quality on part of...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire June 24, 1999 700+ words
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- LIGHTENING THE LOAD; Companies reliant on barge deliveries are running well...
- Magazine article from: Crain's Cleveland Business October 8, 2007 700+ words
...The problem lies at the bottom of the Cuyahoga River, where silt is building up, cutting...spots along the 5.7 miles of dredged Cuyahoga River, results in increased shipping costs...years.'' The Corps' budget for Cuyahoga River dredging was $1.8 million in 2006...
- perceptions of the burning river: deindustrialization and CLEVELAND'S CUYAHOGA...
- Magazine article from: Environmental History Stradling, David; Stradling, Richard July 1, 2008 700+ words
ABSTRACT In 1969, Cleveland's Cuyahoga River caught fire and burned for about twenty...rediscover the industrial flats along the Cuyahoga River. Once the heart of this Midwestern...burning oil slick floating on (sic) Cuyahoga River caused $50,000 damage to two key...
- NEW CUYAHOGA RIVER GUIDE AVAILABLE TO BOATERS.
- Magazine article from: Trailer Boats January 1, 2001 700+ words
...on the Great Lakes, the "Flats" section of the lower Cuyahoga River in downtown Cleveland, are now available from the flats...distributed to boat-accessible restaurants along the lower Cuyahoga River. The mini-chart shows safety zones, bridge clearances...
- Aquatic macrophyte diversity and habitat characterization of the Cuyahoga River...
- Magazine article from: The Ohio Journal of Science Balanson, Shimshon Walton, B. Michael Wolin, Julie A. Mal, Tarun K. September 1, 2005 700+ words
...and abundance at 20 sites along the main channel of the Cuyahoga River and its tributaries. These sites included 12 sites in the...surveys should be undertaken at additional sites within the Cuyahoga River watershed for a comprehensive assessment of aquatic macrophytes...
