Investigating Europe’s water pollution crisis: Blame it on industrial farming
Luisa Izuzquiza, Jelena Prtorić
From the beaches in Brittany, France, to the groundwater of Aragon, Spain; from the fertile plains of the Netherlands to the prosecco hills in Italy, we have looked into how progressive European Union water protection policies get watered down through limited monitoring and data collection; how the industry has managed to postpone important environmental texts using gaps in scientific knowledge, and how water pollution has impacted the lives of communities and aquatic environments throughout Europe.
Water pollution and algal blooms: the collateral damage of the green revolution
Luisa Izuzquiza, Jelena Prtorić