Our Nutrient World - Food, pollution and agriculture
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A new report commissioned by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) highlights how humans have massively altered global cycling of nitrogen,
phosphorus and other nutrients. While this had huge benefits for world food and energy production, it has also created a web of water and air pollution that is damaging human health, causing toxic algal blooms, killing fish, threatening sensitive ecosystems and contributing to climate change. (...)
The article:
http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/our-nutrient-world-food-pollution-and-agriculture/
More about:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/18/unep-nutrients-report-idUSL5N0BEAHC20130218
http://www.greenreport.it/_new/index.php?page=default&id=%2020574
The Report:
http://www.ceh.ac.uk/products/publications/Our-Nutrient-World-full-report.html
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