Animal Sh!t is Turning into DEADLY Ammonia Pollution

https://www.livescience.com/64244-scary-map-shows-where-animal-poop-is-turning-into-deadly-ammonia-pollution.html

Yes... you read the title right! Animal poop/fertillizer is now being turned into deadly ammonia. Here's a quote summing up the potential threat.

"...released ammonia can combine with other compounds to pollute the air, water and soil. Exposure to these polluted resources can lead to lung disease and death in humans as well as crop failure and mass animal death."

 Any guess what the ammonia hot spots are linked to? HUMAN ACTIVITY. Of course. I wish there was more we could do but (most of) the world is not going to change it's ways until it begins to affect them personally. Then, it'll be too late.

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  1. AnonymousDecember 17, 2018 at 9:16 AM

    wow this is really cool I didn't that animal poop could be dangerous to the world because I thought that it would just go into the ground but this is crazy!

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