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Chemical and Engineering News (Mon 12 Dec, 2011)
Cleaning the Chesapeake - Latest plan creates a firestorm amid hints of progress
Staff quoted: Don Boesch, Walt Boynton
The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the U.S. and home to an estimated 3,600 plant and animal species, including more than 300 types of fish. The 64,000-sq-mile bay watershed is also home to about 17 million people and worth an estimated $1 trillion in terms of fishing, tourism, shipping, and property values.