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  • The Weird Consequence Of Your Greek Yogurt Habit

    03/16/2015 11:27:47 AM PDT · by goodwithagun · 37 replies
    Yahoo! ^ | March 16, 2015 | Sarah Jacoby
    Yes, greek yogurt is delicious, nutritious, and surprisingly cost-effective. But, we admit we’d never really thought about this consequence of making it our go-to breakfast snack. It turns out that one of the byproducts of greek yogurt production is a little thing called acid whey. It’s a runny substance that is remarkably bad for the environment: If acid whey is dumped, its decomposition can deplete ecosystems of oxygen, killing fishy inhabitants. But, with the continuously growing popularity of that delicious yogurt — it now accounts for $2 billion of the $6 billion yogurt market — finding an ecologically responsible way...