MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Fresh-water scientist Dan Egan at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has amassed evidence that phosphorous is horribly detrimental to the environment. His new book, “The Devil’s Element: Phosphorous and a World Out of Balance,” documents that agricultural run-off, containing even traces of phosphorous from fertilizer, has spiked epidemic growth of toxic blue-green algae. The run-off is squeezing other life forms from lakes, ponds and streams in “goopy toxic,” he says.
“Devils Element.” New in bookstores Tuesday.
Egan. Book has been likened to“Silent Spring,” the 1962 Rachel Carson book. He’s been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.