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From Bad to Thirst
How the nation's breadbasket is poisoning its own water supply |
Elizabeth Royte |
16 Oct 2007 |
Grist Feature |
| In late September, the corn and soybean fields of the lower Missouri River floodplain are a lovely dull brown, nearly ready for harvest. The row crops sprawl as far as the eye can see, their regimental march broken only by levees, gravel roads, the occasional band of cottonwoods, and the endless tracks of the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe. The scenery is pastoral and soothing. But ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, food, health, industrial ag, Mississippi River (all these topics) |
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