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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 2018
Page
1
Pollution in the Mississippi River adds to shrimpers' troubles while Wisconsin enforces a unique conservation law for farmers. A leader in cover crops aims higher to reduce nutrient runoff. Green Bay endures algal blooms as nutrient pollution mars the scenery.
The Gazette finds 2008 plans to cut nitrate and phosphorus 45 percent by 2015 lagging. The Gulf of Mexico dead zone averages 5 772 square miles over five summers, three times the 1 900 square mile target, with little clear progress across 12 central states including Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Illinois Missouri Indiana Ohio Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi Arkansas and Louisiana.
The Midwest faces high groundwater nitrate from fertilizer. More pollutants raise water treatment costs for utilities and ratepayers. Many rely on private wells untested. Nitrate links to health risks such as blue baby syndrome in pregnant women and children, while algal blooms and bacteria caused over 1400 beach closures or warnings across Gulf Hypoxia Task Force states.
The hypoxia task force reports over 200 fish kills in 2017, most tied to contaminants washing into waterways.
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