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Study: Chicago's tainted water killing marine life in the Gulf

chitowndailynews.org - 31 weeks ago - 253 views

The U.S. Geological Survey yesterday released the results of a study detailing the root causes of phosphorus and nitrogen pollution in the Gulf of Mexico, naming Chicago as the nation’s top offender. That pollution has helped create an 8,000 square-foot “dead zone” in the Gulf, where marine life suffocates because of an excess of algae.

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