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allie_rose's review against another edition
4.0
Felt like an extension of the chapter on Lake Erie and phosphorous run off in his previous book but still interesting
lacyk_reads's review
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
I know more about phosphorus now than I ever thought I would. From its mining, to its (over) application on farms, to its runoff into rivers, and killing marine life through harmful algal blooms, phosphorus is a key reason for the imbalance we’re seeing in these connected ecosystems. This audiobook read like a podcast - I definitely didn’t absorb every bit of information, but the overall impressions that it left were impactful. To me, I was always drawing upon the One Health Initiative idea through these chapters - human health, animal health, and environmental health are all connected to each other, and when a common denominator impacting those healths is a key element, we should re-evaluate and change the way we utilize it.
spoko's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
sad
medium-paced
5.0
I’ve seen reviews that fault the book for not sufficiently adhering to scientific restrictions (referring to phosphates with the generic term phosphorus, e.g., or to algal blooms by the common misnomer algae blooms), but from my somewhat well-read lay perspective, it struck an appropriate balance. I got a lot from reading it, and that clearly is its first goal. It’s a bit depressing, of course, as most books about the environment will tend to be. But its tone is not straightforward gloom. Besides which, I certainly feel better informed, and that’s not a bad thing.