Agriculture blamed as Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” grows
Agriculture blamed as Gulf of Mexico "dead zone" grows By Sarah Lohman; St. Louis Post-Dispatchdenverpost.com; June 10, 2008http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_9544787 WASHINGTON — Scientists predicting the biggest-ever "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico are blaming Midwestern corn grown for ethanol for higher levels of pollution escaping down the Mississippi River. "In the past several years, there's been [...]