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Farm Runoff May Be Tied to Respiratory Illness Near the Salton Sea

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And, as the increasingly salty sea recedes, tens of thousands more acres of playa will be exposedas will decades of pesticides already trapped in the sediments from past farm runoff. At the root of a lot of the [Salton Sea] difficulties are nutrient inputs that are coming in from agriculture.”

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The Mashpee Wampanoag Work With a Cape Cod Town to Restore Their Fishing Grounds

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Since the arrival of European settlers 400 years ago, not a single season has passed without humans harvesting as much as possible from waters that are now increasingly fouled with pollution. Its like they dont see the impact [on] their great-great-grandchildren, Pocknett said. Fish and Wildlife Service.