New funding for the Northern Ontario School of Medicine could help tackle the algae problem in our region’s lakes.
Professor Greg Ross explains they’re getting $1 million dollar investment from the federal government for a project to detect toxic algae faster and more accurately.
“It’s going to give us the opportunity to acquire some brand new technologies and use a brand new strategy to really tackle one of the problems in our region that is significant to our health.”
Ross says NOSM and Discover Air Fire Services will develop airplane-mounted cameras to identify algae from the air.
