Alex Shoumatoff - The usual way of growing cotton is highly petrochemical-intensive, requiring 110 p...

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The usual way of growing cotton is highly petrochemical-intensive, requiring 110 pounds of nitrogen fertilizer per acre. Some of the fertilizer is broken down by soil bacteria into nitrate, a toxic and highly soluble chemical that can leach into groundwater or get washed into lakes, creating oxygenless dead zones.

Alex Shoumatoff

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Die übliche Art, Baumwolle anzubauen, ist sehr petrochemisch intensiv und erfordert 110 Pfund Stickstoffdünger pro Hektar. Ein Teil des Düngemittels wird von Bodenbakterien zu Nitrat abgebaut, einer giftigen und hochlöslichen Chemikalie, die ins Grundwasser gelangen oder in Seen gespült werden kann, wodurch sauerstofffreie Totzonen entstehen.

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