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  • Ogilvie created eutrophied lakes in his native city of Puget Sound, Washington.

    Hispanic Business Magazine 2009

  • After all, the lake was pumped far below healthy levels and the consequences of a eutrophied lake were clear.

    Articles 2009

  • These limits are nowhere more apparent than in the food sector, where financial strategies optimizing the efficient use of capital have resulted in cheap chemical-laden food, depleted and eutrophied aquifers, millions of acres of GMO corn, trillions of food miles, widespread degradation of soil fertility, a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, and obesity epidemics side by side with persistent hunger.

    NPR Topics: News 2009

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