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Why Is Maryland Water So Dirty?

Humans are Responsible. Humans have severely disrupted the natural balance of nutrients entering the Chesapeake Bay. Since the industrial revolution, a population boom in the Bay’s watershed has caused a sharp rise in nutrient pollution (leaving MDE). Is Maryland water contaminated? According to EWG’s 2019 update, predominant chemicals included nitrates, arsenic, trihalomethanes — which includes …

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