Even in the 80s and 90s, growing up in Ohio near Lake Erie and the cuyahoga river, adults would always caution us about going in the water. We had all heard sto

Even in the 80s and 90s, growing up in Ohio near Lake Erie and the cuyahoga river, adults would always caution us about going in the water. We had all heard stories about the river catching fire or people getting sick from swimming in the lake. For a brief period of time, it seemed like the lake had improved. Now, I still read about toxic algal blooms from fertilizer runoff. It took a long time to correct the industrial waste that was dumped into the water. I only hope that whatever happens with the EPA, it doesn’t permit that level of environmental disaster to happen again.