A review by lacyk_reads
The Devil's Element: Phosphorus and a World Out of Balance by Dan Egan

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.