<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/link-msu-researchers-find-us-lakes-in-communities-of-color-are-monitored-less-for-water-quality.aspx" dsn="blogs"><title>MSU researchers find US lakes in communities of color are monitored less for water quality</title><description><span>A team of Michigan State University researchers found that lakes in communities of color were three times less likely to be sampled at least once than lakes in white communities.</span></description><pubDate>09/09/2024</pubDate><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2024/2024-09-lakes-380x380.jpg" alt="ariel image of lake by living community"/></image><externalNewsArticleLink>https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2024/msu-researchers-find-us-lakes-in-communities-of-color-are-monitored-less-for-water-quality</externalNewsArticleLink><categories>Water</categories><broadcast/></item>