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What Connects Bones, Bird Poop, and Toxic Green Slime? Hint: Without It, Half of Us Wouldn't Be Alive Today

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The Cost of Phosphorus in the United States

Each time we find a great new source of phosphorus, we do eventually use it up. With the U.S., the main phosphate rock reserves that we have down in Florida, they're set to play out in a matter of decades,. So at that point, we become dependent or more dependent on other countries for our nutritional security. There are no workarounds for phosphorus. It is required by every living thing.

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