New Research Shows How Bees and Other Pollinators May Be Crucial To Human Health

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150126124449.htm

Got bees? Got vitamin A? Got malaria? Loss of pollinators increases risk of malnutrition, disease
Date:
January 26, 2015
Source:
University of Vermont
Summary:
More than half the people in some developing countries could become newly at risk for malnutrition if crop-pollinating animals -- like bees -- continue to decline, experts say. Despite popular reports that pollinators are crucial for human nutritional health, no scientific studies have actually tested this claim -- until now.

Bees allow farms to thrive. But new research from UVM and Harvard scientists shows how bees and other pollinators may be crucial to human health too. The study in PLOS ONE presents the first-ever empirical test of how declining pollinators may increase risk of nutrient deficiencies -- with worrisome connections to diseases like measles and malaria, so prevalent in the developing world.

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