Water quality improves after lawn fertiliser ban

Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 07:07 in Earth & Climate

In an effort to keep lakes and streams clean, municipalities around the country are banning or restricting the use of phosphorus-containing lawn fertilisers, which can kill fish and cause smelly algae blooms and other problems when the phosphorus washes out of the soil and into waterways...

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