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Human-wrought environmental changes impacting crops and pollinators could harm health of millions

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The Financial

Publication Date
2015-07-16

One study found that decreasing numbers of food pollinators such as bees—falling in part due to pesticide use and destruction of habitats—could lead to declines in nutrient-rich crops that have been linked with staving off disease. A second study found that increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) could lead to lower levels of zinc in food and thus to greatly expanded zinc deficiency.

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http://www.finchannel.com/index.php/society/health/item/46848-human-wrought-environmental-changes-impacting-crops-and-pollinators-could-harm-health-of-millions