The Nation - News from Aug. 30, 1985

Preliminary government statistics show relatively high acid levels in an unexpectedly large number of Florida lakes, the Environmental Protection Agency said. Statistics for the Northeast showed that fewer lakes were affected by high acid levels than had been indicated in earlier, non-government reports, the agency said. EPA officials stressed that the limited findings do not show what caused the high acid levels, whether those levels--recorded in one-time measurements--are consistent and how likely other lakes are to develop similar problems.