Death by dung: How Brussels failed to save Europe’s waters from a farm waste deluge

Death by dung: How Brussels failed to save Europe’s waters from a farm waste deluge

Death by dung: How Brussels failed to save Europe’s waters from a farm waste deluge Nitrate pollution is destroying Europe’s aquatic ecosystems. Three decades after the EU started regulating it, there has been almost no improvement. By JAMES FERNYHOUGH Illustration by Long Yan for POLITICO This article is part of the Europe’s looming water crisis special report. The herring-rich Baltic Sea has fed Sweden’s appetite for surströmming since the M…