How animal waste is helping turn China's lakes green
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The Guardian Lest we North Americans feel smug, this image shows one of countless "eutrophied" sloughs in Manitoba, on the Canadian prairies . A PinP photo. Animal husbandry is contaminating China's water and has been linked to bright-green lakes, a phenomenon know as eutrophication. More here. Related: In Hogs We Trust - Part 1V - The health and environmental price we Manitobans will pay for an expanded hog industry.