Friend and Foe: Nitrogen Pollution's Little-Known Environmental and Human Health Threats

Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 19:31 in Earth & Climate

Billions of people owe their lives to nitrogen fertilizers -- a pillar of the fabled Green Revolution in agriculture that averted global famine in the 20th century -- but few are aware that nitrogen pollution from fertilizers and other sources has become a major environmental problem that threatens human health and welfare in multiple ways, a scientist said here today.

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