Last week, National Geographic took on the explosive impactthat the widespread use of chemical nitrogen fertilizer to boost crop production has on human health and the environment. Scientists have been leading a clarion call about the impacts of excess nitrogen for decades, but the issue remains little known, even though the impacts touch every part of our lives.
Do good things happen when we try to improve on Nature’s way of doing things?
Usually not.
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