Earth Protect Blog

The St Louis Post-Dispatch article by Sarah Lohman (June 11, 08) was really frightening. She reports that scientists predict the biggest ever dead zone of 10,000 square miles!!!!!!

This is oxygen deprived water in which algae consumes oxygen forcing life to flee or die. The Midwestern corn grown for ethanol is blamed due to high levels of agricultural pollution escaping down the Mississippi River. The Bush administration has failed to fund proposals to reduce nutrient pollution largely by providing cash incentives for farmers to change their practices. This is a good issue to contact your Congressional Representative about and demand action.