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Chemicals kill Mexico coral reefs

A new study links the contamination of a giant aquifer under Mexico”s Riviera Maya to the loss of up to 50 percent of coral reefs in the Caribbean since 1990.

The Journal of Environmental Pollution released a study stating that pharmaceutical, pesticide, and other chemical run-off from highways have infiltrated the region”s giant aquifer network, AFP reported…

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