Every year, beginning right about now, an area of the ocean the size of New Jersey dies at the mouth of the Mississippi. A new USGS study shows that the Gulf of Mexico's dead zone is caused mainly from corn and soy fertilizers and animal wastes running off of the seven states.
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Fertilizers Etc. Killing a New Jersey-Sized Swath of Ocean
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