A Michigan state law requiring oceangoing ships to keep their ballast water onboard or treat the water to kill any live organisms before discharging it into the Great Lakes has been upheld by a federal appeals court. So far, over 180 different invasive species have made a home in the lakes -- many of them originally carried there in ballast water.
source: Associated Press
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Tasermons Partner Posted 6:46 am
24 Nov 2008
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