The name of this blog is the Healthy Recipe Doctor. The blog entries are composed by Elaine Magee, MPH RD, a food doctor who is the nutritional marketing specialist for the California Department of Health. The name of this specific blog entry is "Eating Healthy in a Polluted World". Magee advises that anyone who eats food and drinks water should be concerned about air pollution. Magee says that the Northeastern United States is most affected by air pollution because it is downwind from major industrial and urban sites which generate high quantities of pollution. Every major ecosytem in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic has been affected in some way by this air pollution, and from these major ecosystems come certain produce or foods we consume. The pollutants affect the soil and water which the produce grow in, therefore affecting its growth.
Magee expresses concern in her blog entry. She quotes a doctor from the Natural Conservatory, speaking of the affects of the major air pollutants affecting our ecosystems. The quote goes , "Mercury contamination results in fish that are unsafe to eat. Acidification kills fish and strips nutrients from soils. Excess nitrogen pollutes estuaries to the detriment of coastal fisheries. And ground-level ozone reduces plant growth, a threat to forestry and agriculture." This blog entry is unique because it addresses a very overlooked topic of pollution and connects it directly to humans. Because this problem directly affects the human race, the blog entry appeals to all different kinds of people.
Photo Credit- Weather damaged cereal crop
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