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The Washington Post (Fri 30 Sep, 2011)
On the Chesapeake Bay cleanup, agribusiness tries to muddy the waters
Staff quoted: Don Boesch
As a scientist, I have worked over the past 40 years to identify the causes of the degradation of the Chesapeake Bay and to seek effective means to restore it. Thirty years ago, pollution by excessive amounts of nutrients was identified as the bay's systemic problem. Although the nutrient pollution originates from numerous sources, the largest source is agriculture, coming from fertilizers not taken up by crops and from animal wastes.