Meat industry blamed for largest-ever 'dead zone' in Gulf of Mexico

Toxins from manure and fertiliser pouring into waterways in and around the Gulf of Mexico are causing harmful algal blooms, leading to widespread ‘dead zones’.The global meat industry, already implicated in driving global warming and deforestation, has now been blamed for fueling what is expected to be the worst “dead zone” on record in the Gulf of Mexico.Toxins from manure and fertiliser pouring into waterways are exacerbating huge, harmful algal blooms that create oxyge