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Old 04-27-2008, 05:29 PM   #36 (permalink)
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Re: Ocean nitrates expected to go up

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Originally Posted by meandean45 View Post
Can anybody prove any of this? I read a lot of "could, should, might, etc.", but see no definitive proof that any of this has anything to do with corn, or that corn WILL cause this problem to get worse. Our government and the media have a long history of manipulating information to get what they want from the public.

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Agricultural runoff in Australia has been causing this problem for decades and because of of the subsequent algal blooms the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish population has exploded, decimating the GBR. Also the article leaves no doubt that there's a "deadzone" and that it's expanding so not really sure what more proof you need.
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