Letter: We can’t tolerate contaminated water.
Water is only safe for drinking and contact when under 6 parts per billion.
All of this is caused by runoff of phosphorus from sewage, manure and fertilizer.
This high level of contamination causes kidney toxicity, diarrhea, vomiting and death.
We should have learned a grave lesson after the toxic algae bloom in 2014 in Lake Erie that left half a million people without clean drinking water for weeks.
Apparently, we have not.
Ohioans need to let Sens.
Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman know that this type of contamination is unacceptable.
We need to call, write, rally, protest and use whatever means necessary to urge them to address this issue and make changes.
We do not want to become another Flint, Michigan.