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Companies Challenge Ban on Phosphorous Fertilizers

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Lawn care companiesare suing to block a new ban on phosphorus fertilizers in Madison and Dane County .They say it’s based on bad science, and will hurt local retaliers.But the ban’s defenders say keeping the chemical out of the lakes makes both good economic and scientific sense.Gil Halsted reports…

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