The incredible Great Lakes smelt situation was so described last week by Dr. John Van Oosten of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The vast smelt population of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron (where ...

Note This story has been amended to better reflect the results of the study. The Great Lakes are some of North America’s most beautiful and prized bodies of water, but plastic pollution is ...

Languages: English. Scientists with a watchdog responsible for monitoring the Great Lakes have called on the U.S. and Canadian governments to take action to monitor microplastics in the lakes.