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005			20230703154925.0
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020			_a9781324002666
035			_a(OCoLC)1370349936
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050	1	4	_aQH545 .P5 _bE43 2023
099			_a577.14 _aE
100	1		_aEgan, Dan,
245	1	4	_aThe Devil's element : _bphosphorus and a world out of balance / _cDan Egan.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bW.W. Norton & Company, _c[2023]
264		4	_c©2023.
300			_axxvii, 228 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 193-219) and index.
505	0		_aPart I: the race for phosphorus -- The devil's element -- The circle of life, broken -- Bones to stones -- War of the sands -- Part II: the cost of phosphorus -- Dirty soap -- Toxic water -- Empty beaches -- A liquid heart, diseased -- Part III: the future of phsophorus -- Waste not.
520			_a"The story of phosphorus spans the globe and vast tracts of human history. The race to mine phosphorus took people from the battlefields of Waterloo, which were looted for the bones of fallen soldiers, to the fabled guano islands off Peru, the Bone Valley of Florida, and the sand dunes of the Western Sahara. Over the past century, phosphorus has made farming vastly more productive, feeding the enormous increase in the human population. Yet, as Egan harrowingly reports, our overreliance on this vital crop nutrient is today causing toxic algae blooms and "dead zones" in waterways from the coasts of Florida to the Mississippi River basin to the Great Lakes and beyond. Egan also explores the alarming reality that diminishing access to phosphorus poses a threat to the food system worldwide--which risks rising conflict and even war"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aPhosphorus in agriculture _xEnvironmental aspects.
650		0	_aPhosphorus _xEnvironmental aspects.
999			_c523184 _d523184