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Archive Home > 2008 > June > 11 > ‘Dead zone’ may grow in the Gulf of Mexico

‘Dead zone’ may grow in the Gulf of Mexico


June 11, 2008

WASHINGTON — Scientists predicting the biggest-ever “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico are blaming Midwestern corn grown for ethanol for higher levels of pollution escaping down the Mississippi River.

R. Eugene Turner, a Louisiana State University professor, directed....

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