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Growing biofuels can make you ill

2013-01-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate News Network: Biofuels -- the green low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels -- could both damage human health and reduce crop yields, British scientists warn in the journal Nature Climate Change. They calculate that widespread introduction of plantations of fast-growing trees for ethanol, diesel and methane production could increase concentrations of ground-level ozone, resulting in millions of tonnes in crop losses and an additional 1,385 deaths per year. The sums are notional, and the research is intended...

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