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Farm fertilizer runoff is impacting drinking water in the Midwest, not just the Gulf's 'dead zone'
ELBA, Minn. – Jeff Broberg’s well sits inside a wooden shed not too far from a field he rented about a decade ago to a local farmer. One day, Broberg discovered the farmer was fertilizing with hog manure. In doing so, combined with the commercial …