Thursday, May 26, 2011

The Causes


Many different things cause fertilizer run-off.  The main one is obviously fertilizer in the soil soaking into the water.  Phosphorous, herbicides, and pesticides are all harmful parts of a fertilizer that pollute the water.  If farmers keep producing corn crops, nitrogen pollution will greatly increase. Mississippi basin drains 48% of U.S. land nutrients combined with stratification to set up dead zones. 

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