Current event 5

Two Tons of Carbon Dioxide Through Eating

FOOD

Have you ever thought about how much CO² you are breathing wild eating in a year? Of course you have not that why I’m bringing it up, over 2 tons of Carbon Dioxide is being inhaled!

A group of Spanish Scientists have discovered that human excrements play in the life cycle of food. It is the first time that a scientific study of this type incorporates the role played by human excrements. “Food in Spain produces emissions of around two tons of carbon dioxide per person and per year (more than 20% of the total emission per person and per year) and consumes 20 gigajoules of primary energy," states Iván Muñoz, the main author of the study and researcher at the UAL. According to the study, producing food from animals, such as meat and dairy products, causes the greatest impact. Human excretion contributes dramatically to water polluting through providing organic matter and nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, which fosters the growth of algae, a decrease in the level of oxygen dissolved in the water, bad smells and other problems associated to eutrophication.

In conclusion I believe that this Event is not needed because there is no way to stop humans from excreting waste, and even if there was it would be extremely unhealthy. So I believe that this event should not be valid.

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Information:

1. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101102131108.htm