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Trouble Downstream: Upgrading Conservation Compliance

EWG asks Congress to require more environmental protection from farmers in exchange for federal farm subsidies.
» Read more... | Published September 4, 2007

Dead in the Water

An annual flood of wasted fertilizer from heavily farmed land in the Mississippi River Basin runs off into the Gulf, where it feeds the development of massive algae blooms, removing oxygen from the water and creating the Dead Zone.
» Read more... | Published April 10, 2006

Pouring It On

Nitrate Contamination of Drinking Water
Each year, tens of thousands of newborn babies are fed infant formula reconstituted with drinking water that is contaminated with dangerous levels of nitrate.
» Read more... | Published February 1, 1996