Monday, June 24 - Making a living, creating a dead zone

24/06/2024 9 min
Monday, June 24 - Making a living, creating a dead zone

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Episode Synopsis

It’s called the “dead zone:" a massive area in the Gulf of Mexico that’s so low in oxygen that fish and other wildlife can’t live there. Roughly 70-percent of harmful nutrients that cause the dead zone come from Midwest farms, namely fertilizer. Without laws to regulate fertilizer use, farmers are left to make changes on their own. But many don’t. St. Louis Public Radio’s Eric Schmid reports on why.