Great Lakes Air Deposition Program

What's New

The Atmospheric Toxics Webinar Series showcased recent research findings supported by the Great Lakes Air Deposition (GLAD) program.

The following topics were covered by the GLAD Webinar Series:

• Mercury sources, deposition, and trends
• Impacts of forest biomass harvesting on the mobility and bioaccumulation of mercury
• Effects of climate change on mercury cycling and bioaccumulation
• Monitoring legacy and emerging organic PBTs
• Evaluation of exposure to multiple toxic chemicals

Reducing Atmospheric Toxic Pollution Fact Sheet - Great Lakes Commission Legislative Priorities for FY 2013.

The Great Lakes Mercury Connections report is a result of a collaborative effort between the Biodiversity Research Institute, Great Lakes Commission, and the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. In 2008, the GLAD program funded a scientific synthesis of information on mercury in air, water, fish, and wildlife, which resulted in 35 new peer-reviewed papers accepted in special issues of two scientific journals: Ecotoxicology Environmental Pollution

Topics covered by the GLAD Webinar Series:

• Mercury research synthesis
• Human and wildlife contaminant exposure & effects
• Contaminant fate, transport, and loadings to the Great Lakes
• Emissions from outdoor wood fired boilers & agricultural plastic incineration
• Emerging contaminants
  

Mercury Resolution

A resolution entitled: Promoting Comprehensive Mercury Monitoring, Research and Reduction Efforts has been adopted by the GLC membership at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Great Lakes Commission, Toronto, Ont., Oct. 7-8, 2010.
PDF version for printing

Great Lakes Mercury Emission Reduction Strategy
Mercury Deposition Monitoring in the Great Lake States
Proposed National Mercury Monitoring Network (MercNet) webpage

Other Noteworthy Items

Online Model Predicts Chemical Behaviors in the Great Lakes Environment
A modeling tool is now complete that allows users to examine the fate of chemical releases within the Great Lakes environment, including the ability to define many chemical parameters and choose among the five Great Lake basins.

Download the Summary
Go to the online modeling tool website at Syracuse Research Corporation

Study Measures Toxic Chemicals Entering Presque Isle Bay from the Air
A recently completed GLAD-sponsored study has investigated the deposition of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) to Presque Isle Bay on Lake Erie, one of 43 Great Lakes Areas of Concern.

Download the Summary
Download the Final Report

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