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Women Swimmin’ Prepares to Make a Splash for Hospice Care
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Women Swimmin’ for Hospicare, a fundraising event to raise money for a nonprofit dedicated to assisting those undergoing hospice care, will be held on Saturday, Aug. 12.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/cayuga-lake/)
Women Swimmin’ for Hospicare, a fundraising event to raise money for a nonprofit dedicated to assisting those undergoing hospice care, will be held on Saturday, Aug. 12.
Recognized by splotches of green spilling over the surface of water, harmful algal blooms have once again cropped up on Cayuga Lake — indicating worsening trends over the nearly seven years of the seasonal phenomenon.
A local environmental database organization accused The New York Department of Environmental Conservation and Cargill Inc. of allowing sodium ferrocyanide — a compound used in salt mining that becomes toxic when exposed to sunlight — to flow undetected into Cayuga Lake from the Cayuga Salt Mine in Lansing.
Moving back to Ithaca can be frightening. Many anticipate the hours of work and long nights spent in Uris. Others, like me, dread trading the variety of food a city like NYC has to offer for Cornell Dining and CTB every day. By no means am I complaining about CTB though — I can eat their Santa Fe bowl every day. But still, as a foodie, I have a desire to try out new restaurants and cuisines every week, and Ithaca has limited options. It is always a treat to find food that reminds me of NYC-quality restaurants, so I didn’t mind the trek to Boatyard, where superb seafood and juicy steaks are served in an inviting, marine-themed setting.
While this is not an immediate health concern, contamination does point to a larger issue regarding how waste disposal impacts the environment, according to researchers Dr. Jose Luzano M.S.’88 Ph.D. ’91 and Prof. Susan Allen-Gil of Ithaca College.
Over two million tons of salt are mined annually from under Cayuga Lake. Now, an environmental group has sued the mining company over environmental concerns.
16 confirmed and 12 unconfirmed reports of harmful algal blooms, or HABs, have surfaced since July, and five since September alone, with the latest report announced as recently as Thursday.
Five of 11 finger lakes have experienced outbreaks over the past few years, a source said.