Sounds reasonable until you study the nitrogen balance of soil. Evidence is easily found to convict industry or farmers of being polluters, but this is a strawman created by those who want to disingeniously divert attention away from the real polluter. Every time you go to the john, you contribute more to pollution to the waterways than does the typical farmer's acre of corn or soybeans. And there are some 260 million soles in the United States contributing 365 days a year. Compare that to the roughly 400 million acres of corn and soybeans.
Agriculture is small potatoes indeed when compared to man's own waste.
Now we all know that being environmentally friendly is a sure vote getter. Enough about personal gain, but in a recent book, an old activist reemerged after some 20 years to rebeat the same old drums and guess what, his book got rave reviews from the arrogant editors that forgot that his book that predicted the cataclysmic collapse of society back in the early 80's was just plain wrong. First let's examine what the proponents of Big Muddy reclamation involve. Reasonable actions are called for. In my humble opinion, one should visit the headwaters of the Missouri and see the near pristine nature of that area, mostly unaffected by man.