Nitrogen Washing Off Midwest Farms Cause Billions in Annual Damage to Gulf of Mexico Fisheries, Study Finds
June 02, 2020
June 02, 2020
WASHINGTON, June 2 -- The Union of Concerned Scientists issued the following news release:
With federal scientists expected to forecast, within days, the size of this year's "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, a new study shows that one of the dead zone's biggest causes--nitrogen that flows downriver from Midwest farms--has been responsible for up to $2.4 billion in damages to Gulf fish stocks and their habitat every year for more than 30 years. The amount of nitr . . .
With federal scientists expected to forecast, within days, the size of this year's "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, a new study shows that one of the dead zone's biggest causes--nitrogen that flows downriver from Midwest farms--has been responsible for up to $2.4 billion in damages to Gulf fish stocks and their habitat every year for more than 30 years. The amount of nitr . . .