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Tell no one book5/13/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() He reports on how our overreliance on phosphorus is today causing toxic “dead zones” in waterways from the Florida Everglades to the Mississippi River Basin to the Great Lakes and beyond.Īnd he explores the alarming reality that diminishing access to phosphorus poses a threat to the food system worldwide―which risks rising conflict and even war. In this major work of explanatory science and environmental journalism, Pulitzer Prize finalist Dan Egan investigates the past, present, and future of what has been called “the oil of our time.” He describes the race to mine it from the fabled guano islands to the far Pacific to the sand dunes of the Western Sahara. But it’s also the key component of one of the most vital: fertilizer, which has sustained life for billions of people. Phosphorus has played a critical role in some of the most lethal substances on earth: firebombs, rat poison, nerve gas. Patrick works for Interlochen Public Radio, an NPR affiliate in northern Michigan.Įgan writes about phosphorus, the source of great bounty―and now great peril―all over the world. He presented his new book, “The Devil’s Element, Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance.”Įnvironmental reporter, Patrick Shea, was the guest host. ![]() On March 10, New York Times Bestselling Author Dan Egan visited the City Opera House in Traverse City. ![]()
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