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Better guacamole? How avocado import rules helped cut Mexico's water pollution

At picnics and World Cup watch parties across the United States this summer, people have been reaching for bowls of chips and guacamole. Most of that guacamole is made from avocados grown in Mexico—on orchards that, in what might come as a surprise, contribute less water pollution today than they di...

Better guacamole? How avocado import rules helped cut Mexico's water pollution
Image: Phys.org
At picnics and World Cup watch parties across the United States this summer, people have been reaching for bowls of chips and guacamole. Most of that guacamole is made from avocados grown in Mexico—on orchards that, in what might come as a surprise, contribute less water pollution today than they did a decade ago.

Originally published at Phys.org

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