Great Lakes becoming More polluted, not Less.

The amount of dangerous materials being discharged into the Great Lakes has increased by 21% between 1998 and 2002. Environmentalists have blamed a false sense of security that has made us lax, along with increased output from industries that have grown during the rising economy.
The five biggest polluters were US Steel Corp, of Gary Ind.; Anheuser-Busch, Inc, of Baldwinsville, NY.; Imperial Oil, of Sarnia, Ont.; Eastman Kodak Co., of Rochester, NY.; and Parmalat Canada, in Winchester, Ont.
The biggest pollutants were nitric acid and nitrates, but other major pollutants include metals such as magnesium, nickel, and chromium, and Ethylene Glycol.