And in the midwest (Kansas/Missouri area) it's pig poop and on the Delmarva
peninsula (affecting the Chesapeake Bay) it's chicken poop, so the cows
aren't all to blame.
 
Peter
 
At 08:35 AM 9/16/98 -0400, Kurt Auffenberg wrote:
>Emilio,
>It's the huge amount of extra nitrates released from the huge amount of cow
>patties generated in dairy farms.  The nitrates leach out and seep into the
>aquifer as well as poison rivers and streams via runoff.  It's a odiferous
>(politically and literally) problem here in north Florida, particularly
>along the Suwannee and Santa Fe Rivers.
>
>The poop expert, Kurt
>
>
>At 01:51 PM 9/15/98 -0700, you wrote:
>>MR ART WEIL wrote:
>>> cut...
>> How about Cows? I understand
>>> their droppings have an evil effect on Florida.
>>> cut...
>>
>>Hello!
>>
>>Hi AW,
>>
>>Exceptional. I do have a question about the droppings, what is the
>>deleterious effect on Florida? I thought it was the cow's flattulence
>>problems (hope I spelled it right or the "gas" experts will bash me!)
>>that contributed to the "Greenhouse Effect", worldwide.
>>
>>Later,
>>
>>Emilio Jorge Power