The Alpena News
October 2, 2013
Nicole Grulke, News Staff Writer - The Alpena News
ALPENA - Alpena High School chemistry students spent part of their day Wednesday on Lady Michigan to do pollution testing in Lake Huron. The students were using a trawl net to collect plastics and other debris from the surface and just below the surface of the water.
"The project is possible by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and a Bay Watershed Education and Training grant which incorporates learning and doing something valuable for the community," B-WET representative Harriet Smith said. "Humans consume tons of plastic every day and plastics are abundant. As the plastic degrades, it's can be invisible to the naked eye, but it's still there. It's a worldwide issue."
- See more at: http://www.thealpenanews.com/page/content.detail/id/526957/AHS-students-take-samples-to-study-plastic-pollution.html
ALPENA - Alpena High School chemistry students spent part of their day Wednesday on Lady Michigan to do pollution testing in Lake Huron. The students were using a trawl net to collect plastics and other debris from the surface and just below the surface of the water.
"The project is possible by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and a Bay Watershed Education and Training grant which incorporates learning and doing something valuable for the community," B-WET representative Harriet Smith said. "Humans consume tons of plastic every day and plastics are abundant. As the plastic degrades, it's can be invisible to the naked eye, but it's still there. It's a worldwide issue."
- See more at: http://www.thealpenanews.com/page/content.detail/id/526957/AHS-students-take-samples-to-study-plastic-pollution.html#sthash.3yAQaitV.dpuf