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Why the US Army electrifies this water
- Published_at:2022-08-22
- Category:Education
- Channel:Tom Scott
- tags: tom scott tomscott
- description: The Chicago and Sanitary Ship Canal is the path that invasive carp would take to reach the Great Lakes. So to stop them, the US Army Corps of Engineers has installed an electric barrier. Although for obvious reasons, I didn't get to see it close up. Sources, apart from the interview and the team I talked to: https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130400272 https://www.npr.org/2009/12/04/121104335/chicago-canal-flooded-with-toxin-to-kill-asian-carp https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5542199 https://apnews.com/article/d44c3701de7847bea3b7218e1f3d3fc8 https://dnr.wi.gov/news/mediakits/mk_carpcontrol.asp Edited by Dave Stevenson http://www.davestevenson.co.uk/ Thanks to Captain Nate at Peoria Carp Hunters https://peoriacarphunters.com/ I'm at https://tomscott.com on Twitter at https://twitter.com/tomscott on Facebook at https://facebook.com/tomscott and on Instagram as tomscottgo
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