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Gulf of Mexico Now Largest Dead Zone in the World, and Factory Farming Is to Blame

Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola

Story at-a-glance

  • By 2017 nitrogen fertilizers and sewage sludge runoff from factory farms were responsible for creating a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico spanning more than 8,700 square miles — at that time the largest recorded dead zone in the world

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