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Nitrogen fertilizers pose future ultraviolet radiation concern

Nitrogen fertilizers pose future ultraviolet radiation concern There's a health trade-off in the expanding global use of nitrogen fertilizers, a National Research Council panel says. On one hand, this panel told the Environmental Protection Agency, nitrogen fertilizers help boost crop production and thus help improve the nutritional health status of many people in the world. On the other hand, the expanded use of nitrogen fertilizers could diminish ozone-layer screening of ultraviolet radiation. This increases the already high incidence of skin cancer, which involves an estimated 10 million people in the United States alone. (That is the projection of Edmund Klein, MD, associate chief, Department of Dermatology at Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo.) However, the panelists say, on balance it appears best not to restrict use of nitrogen fertilizers, at least for the time being. But they leave an escape clause; ie, this conclusion "may change both as new evidence is produced and as the goals and values http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

Nitrogen fertilizers pose future ultraviolet radiation concern

JAMA , Volume 240 (17) – Oct 20, 1978
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Nitrogen fertilizers pose future ultraviolet radiation concern

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There's a health trade-off in the expanding global use of nitrogen fertilizers, a National Research Council panel says.
On one hand, this panel told the Environmental Protection Agency, nitrogen fertilizers help boost crop production and thus help improve the nutritional health status of many people in the world.
On the other hand, the expanded use of nitrogen fertilizers could diminish ozone-layer screening of ultraviolet radiation. This increases the already high incidence of skin...
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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1978 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
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0098-7484
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1538-3598
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10.1001/jama.1978.03290170018007
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Abstract

There's a health trade-off in the expanding global use of nitrogen fertilizers, a National Research Council panel says. On one hand, this panel told the Environmental Protection Agency, nitrogen fertilizers help boost crop production and thus help improve the nutritional health status of many people in the world. On the other hand, the expanded use of nitrogen fertilizers could diminish ozone-layer screening of ultraviolet radiation. This increases the already high incidence of skin cancer, which involves an estimated 10 million people in the United States alone. (That is the projection of Edmund Klein, MD, associate chief, Department of Dermatology at Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo.) However, the panelists say, on balance it appears best not to restrict use of nitrogen fertilizers, at least for the time being. But they leave an escape clause; ie, this conclusion "may change both as new evidence is produced and as the goals and values

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JAMA – American Medical Association

Published: Oct 20, 1978

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