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Study further implicates poultry processing in coastal pollution

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2020-01-20

Excess nitrogen is a major threat to water quality in coastal waters worldwide. Found in treated wastewater, farm and lawn fertilizers and combustion exhaust, it fuels blooms of algae that shade submerged grasses and suck oxygen from the water when they die and decay.

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https://phys.org/news/2020-01-implicates-poultry-coastal-pollution.html