Scientists have provided a rather grim prognosis for global health: the recent increase in nutrient enrichment due to human activities, such as nitrogen pollution through fossil fuel combustion, is likely contributing to several varieties of infectious diseases in humans and wildlife.
Lead author Pieter Johnson from the University of Colorado and colleagues referenced several studies showing the links-both direct and indirect-between nutrient enrichment and the emergence and resurgence of human and wildlife illnesses, such as limb malformations in amphibians and malaria, and West Nile virus and schistosomiasis in humans... Continue reading at http://www.esa.org/esablog/research/nutrient-enrichment-linked-to-diseases-in-humans-and-wildlife/.
