OYSTER POLLUTION
January 1st, 2004
BY MONICA DOBIEOYSTER farmers in California are finding it increasingly difficult keeping their businesses afloat because of the ongoing threat of pollution caused by dairy farms and faulty septic tanks in the state.Shellfish producers in Tomales Bay, in western Marin County have been forced to cease operations for days at a time this winter, because state health officials have stopped them harvesting for four-to-seven days every time more than half-an-inch of rain falls in a 24 hours period.Officials have determined that it takes that long to reduce faecal ...
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