Source: WRAL TECHWIRE, 6/1/0/22

 Phosphorus is essential to all living things, one of the building blocks of DNA and cells’ energy currency. Food supplies rely on phosphorus fertilizers, but their use is inefficient and unsustainable: Non-renewable phosphate deposits are mined, and only 20% of the phosphorus used in the food system makes it to the human diet. A significant portion of the phosphorus seeps into soils and fresh water, becoming a contaminant that kills animals, grows algal blooms and expands coastal dead zones. Out of balance, this vital element can end life.

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