Nutrient pollution of water occurs in large quantities from agricultural fertilizers. Agricultural runoff contributes significantly to the development of coastal "dead zones" in several states, as ...

and contamination of waterways via runoff. Excessive chemical fertilizer use can also hurt your lawn in the long run, ...

Compost also helps the soil hold nutrients and reduces erosion and water runoff ... mix them with grass clippings or add high-nitrogen fertilizer to speed up breakdown. For example, add five ...

Lorie Ball saw the state’s cyanobacteria problem up close. The blooms, and frustration from neighbors, led her to sponsor a bill to stem the fertilizer runoff that can feed them. That bill made a rare ...

The consequence of that is farmers must use more of it, and increasing fertilizer runoff into neighboring waterways, according to a press release from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.