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Turning Lake Winnipeg pollution into profit
Friday, 02 September 2011 00:00

Mychaylo Prystupa – CBC News

Experts are working to protect Lake Winnipeg with an innovative research project that removes pollution from wetlands while creating profitable bio-products at the same time. The secret is in harvesting cattails. The tall plants, topped with brown seed heads that look like hot dogs, have thickly invaded the lake's surrounding marshes in recent years. To read more, click here.