Fascinating article from NPR about the increasingly large dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico and it's connection to commercial farming by Jenny Marder.
Nitrogen and phosphorous from farm runoff and animal waste are especially toxic to ocean life. Read the article. Scary stuff.
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Thursday, June 23, 2011
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