NOAA and Louisiana scientists are predicting that the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico will be worse this year than ever before. It will affect an area about the size of New Jersey, 8,800 square miles compared with 7,900 square miles in 2007. The “dead zone” is an area of the Gulf of Mexico that is so poisoned that no fish can survive there. This is due to all the toxic runoff from pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, and millions of pounds of shit and piss from factory farms that gets carried down the Mississippi River. To read the press release from NOAA click here. If you’ve never heard about the “dead zone” before or would like to learn more about it, click here.