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Abelson, Philip H., 129 Agricultural management practices, 236 Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, 252 Akron, Ohio, 163–64, 224 Alexander, George R., 200, 201, 202, 203 Alexander, Martin, 22 Algae: problem with, 4, 21, 22; symposium on, 27; control of, 30; green, 52, 89; bluegreen , 52, 58, 89 Algal blooms in Lake Erie, 38, 51 Algal scums, 3 Algicides, 29, 30, 32–33, 34 American Association of Soap and Glycerine Producers, 75 American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, 113 Anderson, Jack, 178 Anoxia in Lake Erie, 53, 212 Aquatic plant growth controlled, 33 Areas of concern, 275–76 Army Corps of Engineers, 10, 228 Ashworth, William, 5 Axion, 128 Bartsch, A. F., 21–22, 66, 80, 114 B. coli, 39 Beeton, Alfred M., 44, 45–46, 47 Bertram, Paul E., 274 Blaushild, David, 50 Boardman, Richard, 68 Bohn, Theodore, 203 Brenner, Theodore, 79 Bueltman, Charles G., 75, 79, 81, 124–26, 127, 163 Buffalo Food Council, 129 Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Great Lakes Laboratory, 41, 42 Burns, Noel M., 5 Caddisfly: decline of, 41, 59 Cadieux, Marcel, 183 Callis, Clayton F., 127, 146 Canada: regulation of detergent phosphorus, 105, 115–17, 141, 155; Federal/Provincial Phosphorus Task Force, 246–47; plan for reducing phosphorus to Lake Erie, 246–50; Soil and Water Environmental Enhancement Program, 250 Canada Center for Inland Waters, 148 Canada Water Bill, 103, 115, 182 Canada-Ontario Agreement, 117, 188, 247 Canada-United States Joint Working Group on Great Lakes Pollution, 183–87, 188 Canadian Federation of University Women, 102 Canadian Research and Development, 109, 115 Carbon: as nutrient, 35; as limiting nutrient, 106–109, 110, 114; as key nutrient, 133, 134 Carr, John F., 45, 47 Carson, Rachel, 2 Carter Administration, 204 Celebreeze, Anthony, 58 Celeste, Richard J., 256, 257, 258, 259 Index 313 Center for Lake Erie Area Research, 205, 206, 261, 268 Chant, Donald A., 102 Chapra, S. C., 212 Chase, Rowell, 77 Chelates, 81, 144 Chemical Week, 162 Chernoff, Neil, 144, 148, 153, 154 Chicago, Illinois: regulates phosphate detergents, 141, 163 Chlorophyll a, 262 Cladophora, 199, 211, 271, 272; a nuisance, 28–29; nature of, 29; mechanical collection of, 29, 30, 31; phosphate key nutrient of, 31; removal of, 33; effect of algicides on, 34; flourishing in Lake Erie, 58; extent of in western Lake Erie, 89 Clean Water Act, 219, 252 Colgate-Palmolive, 132, 133, 138 Combined sewer overflows, 197 Concern Incorporated, 129, 130 Consumers Action Now, 129 Consumer Reports, 257 Costle, Douglas M., 203–204 Council on Environmental Quality, 130, 134, 140, 175 Courtney, Diane, 144, 148, 153, 154 Cultural eutrophication: defined, 2; a widespread problem, 4 Cuyahoga River, 2, 224 Darrill Industries, 176 Davis, Charles C., 46–47 Davis, Jack, 118, 154, 155, 182 DDT, 128 De Champlain, Samuel, 5 Detergent-eutrophication situation as seen by Procter and Gamble, 177 Detergent industry, 13; meets with Secretary of Interior, 77, 81; meets with J. J. Greene; defends phosphate detergents, 135; reducing phosphate in detergents, 139; lobbies against limiting detergent phosphate, 205 Detergent phosphate: IJC recommends regulation of, 198, 200; Ohio bills to regulate, 256 Detergents: source of phosphorus, 6, 17, 24, 64, 67; phosphorus content limited by Canada, 8, 105; increased use of, 18; nature of, 19; non-phosphate, 24, 26, 137–38, 139, 159–62, 170, 172, 257; source of nutrients, 62; biodegradable, 74, 76, 77, 81, 122; lowphosphate , 77, 102; elimination of phosphorus recommended, 99, 100; phosphate content, 102–103, 129, 137, 139, 170; New York law on labeling phosphate content, 129; proposals to ban highphosphate , 141; proposed FTC rule on, 165; sale banned in Suffolk County, N.Y., 167; Nixon Administration press conference on, 170–75; House bills on, 170; accidental ingestion of, 173; phosphorus content limited, 204, 209 Detroit, Michigan: sewage treatment facilities, 194–97; phosphorus loading to Lake Erie, 207 Detroit River: pollution by B. coli, 39; conference on pollution of, 48; pollution, 87 Detroit River-Lake Erie Project, 48, 56–57 Diatoms, 89; in Lake Erie, 51–52, 58 Dingeldein, Douglas, 109 Di Luzio, Frank C., 76, 77, 78 Di Toro, D. M., 212 Dominick, David D., 120, 123, 124, 137, 139 Du Val, Merlin K., 178 Eagle, George H., 66, 68 Eagleton, Thomas, 145–46 Earth Day, 134 Ecolo-G, 138, 160 Ecology Action of Greater Los Angeles, 129 Ecology Corporation of America, 138 Edmondson, W. T., 6 Edwards, Charles C., 171 Electric Reduction Company of Canada, 116 Environment Canada, 241–42 Environmental Health Service, 144 Environmental movement, 1–2, 3 Environmental Protection Agency...