Fertilizer used in growing corn is creating a dead zone off the Gulf Coast.

[Waterbuffalo]

This article is about the huge amount of new planting of corn for ethanol by the year for ethanol production is causing a nitrogen environment off the gulf coast that is killing off sea life.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071217/ap_on_re_us/corn_dead_zone;_ylt=AohKZgNOLN9r5lsjjJL8mklvzwcF