Lake Atitlan’s Fresh Water May Be As Hard To Find As Gold

Don’t let poverty and pollution divide people; new radio show and web site wants to galvanize interests at Atitlan

By Greg Szymanski, JD
March 26, 2010

There are many people and groups working to solve Lake Atitlan’s pollution and poverty problems.

However, according to reports coming from people at the lake, nobody is really working together.

A rather general statement but it appears to be true otherwise poverty and pollution would be improving, not getting worse.

Looking at other places and people suffering the same as those at Lake Atitlan, it is no different.

Poverty is on the rise and Detroit is a good example.

Pollution is on the rise. Fresh water lakes all around the world wide are good examples.

This pollution, like at Lake Atitlan, is showing itself in the form of deadly cyanobacteria, which if not corrected could leave fresh water as rare to find as gold nuggets in the Mojave Desert.

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