Phosphates running off Ohio farm fields help trigger algae blooms in Lake Erie, which has impacted the water supply of Toledo. Photograph by Peter Essick, Nat Geo Image Collection

Elizabeth Royte ’81 for National Geographic

In Iowa and elsewhere, runoff from fertilized fields pollutes drinking water and creates dead zones. Yet straightforward solutions exist.

For more information please visit: https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/12/iowa-agriculture-runoff-water-pollution-environment/

Post Date: 12-06-2017

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