Comments for Mobile Bay Western Shore http://mobilebaywesternshore.com Information for the 'Other' shore of Mobile Bay Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:57:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico by Vadim http://mobilebaywesternshore.com/dead-zone-in-the-gulf-of-mexico#comment-2 Vadim Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:15:39 +0000 http://mobilebaywesternshore.com/?p=267#comment-2 A lot of people seem to blame this on the agriculture industry, but there's blame to be put on consumers also. A lot of the fertilizer runoff that creates dead zones is from average homeowners using it on their lawns. Also there is a load of high-phosphorous products on the market right now, like Electrasol. Electrasol is probably the worst of all of them, which is why I'm part of a boycott until they start making eco-friendly products: http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/save-the-environment-by-boycotting-electra-sol-dishwasher-detergent Basically there are a lot of things the average consumer can do to help. A lot of people seem to blame this on the agriculture industry, but there’s blame to be put on consumers also. A lot of the fertilizer runoff that creates dead zones is from average homeowners using it on their lawns. Also there is a load of high-phosphorous products on the market right now, like Electrasol.

Electrasol is probably the worst of all of them, which is why I’m part of a boycott until they start making eco-friendly products: http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/save-the-environment-by-boycotting-electra-sol-dishwasher-detergent

Basically there are a lot of things the average consumer can do to help.

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