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To heal the Gulf of Mexico's dead zone, we have to look north to Midwest farms

There’s a massive area in the Gulf of Mexico that’s so low in oxygen, aquatic life can’t survive there. Many say it’s mainly from excessive fertilizer that runs off from Midwestern farms.
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