Animal waste is polluting our water ways at an alarming rate - so much that our coastal waters are rapidly turning into areas that cannot support life. The map below shows the hypoxic zones around the coastlines of the world in 2006. This problem has proliferated, there are nearly 400 that have formed around the world, 40 of which surround the US.
Check out a recent article from the Wall Street Journal focusing in on how the Chesapeak Bay is being impacted by animal waste, and what some people are doing about it.
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