Tracking phosphorus runoff from livestock manure

Scientists applied two rare earth chlorides (lanthanum chloride and ytterbium chloride) to poultry, dairy, and swine manures. While the rare earth elements reduced the solubility of phosphorus in water, the main value of the research is in paving the way for using this method to label track phosphorus in livestock manure.

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