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July 07, 2010 News » National

The Gulf of Mexico's Dead Zone is among the world's largest—and corn is one of the culprits

by Chris Kromm

For the hundreds of thousands of people in the Gulf of Mexico who depend on commercial and sport fishing, directly and indirectly, the assault on sea life from the BP oil disaster has been a serious blow. But it's hardly unfamiliar. That's…

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