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Latest ethanol casualty: shrimp
The latest casualty of America's rush to corn-based ethanol appear to be shrimp and other marine life in the Gulf of Mexico. The seasonal dead zone caused by nitrogen fertilizer runoff down the Mississippi from the American heartland has about doubled in size since scientists began studying it in 1985. This year, with the amount of land put into corn production for ethanol, it's expected to be even worse, according to researchers. - Read More
Topics : Bioenergy