Agriculture Department Buries Studies Showing Dangers of Climate Change – Politico

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Article Synopsis – The Trump administration has refused to publicize government-funded research into how higher temperatures can damage crops and pose health risks. These peer-reviewed studies range from “a groundbreaking discovery that rice loses vitamins in a carbon-rich environment — a potentially serious health concern for the 600 million people world-wide whose diet consists mostly of rice — to a finding that climate change could exacerbate allergy seasons to a warning to farmers about the reduction in quality of grasses important for raising cattle”. To read the actual article click here.

By Sharon Gray June 20, 2019 Newsletter