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A new way to curb nitrogen pollution: Regulate fertilizer producers, not just farmers

  • Written by David Kanter, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, New York University
Applying nitrogen fertilizer to corn at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, a research site in Michigan.NSF

Nitrogen pollution is produced by a number of interlinked compounds, from ammonia to nitrous oxide. While they have both natural and human sources, the latter increased dramatically over the past century as farmers scaled up food production...

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