But the lakes still suffer — from lingering industrial pollution, toxics like mercury, deteriorating wetlands and, more recently, invasive species that have devastated the fishing industry and fouled shorelines.
China's lingering air pollution woes occur just a week after diplomats from nearly 200 nations secured an international climate change agreement that aims to reign in global temperature rise by dramatically reducing the burning of fossil fuels in just a matter of decades.
Long-Lingering Pollution When it comes to pollution, the hip bone's connected to the thigh bone as well, and it can stay connected for a long time.
Finally, G.E. contends that the main source of fish contamination is not the old pollution, but lingering PCB leaks under its factory in Hudson Falls, which it is plugging one by one.
A sample of water and a blank sample consisting of 1% HNO3 were run before the standard blank to ensure that no pollution was lingering in the system at start up.
Along with the buildings came a still, gray haze, lingering stagnantly among concrete monoliths, pollution from China's economic ascent.
The UK's last pod of killer whales is doomed to extinction, with new research revealing western European waters as a global hotspot for the lingering legacy of toxic PCB pollution.
Japan and the US have agreed to relocate thousands of US marines from Okinawa in a move aimed at reducing the island's military burden amid lingering anger among residents over pollution, accidents and crime.
And there are still more lingering questions on environmental factors like stress, pollution and deep poverty.
They are much more likely to be worried about the damage Hurricane Sandy recently inflicted on hundreds of local homes than about any lingering effects from decades-old water and air pollution.
