Some scientists want concern for the world’s dwindling phosphorus supply tacked onto the world’s list of environmental hazards with potentially global implications
Phosphorus is one of the most essential minerals that is necessary for the sustenance of human life. In the human body, there is no substitute for phosphorus. In various forms it is a component of DNA, a player in cellular energy transport, and a building block in cell membranes and bone. (1) The key fuel on which all the rest of our body cellular chemistry depends is adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Every day our bodies synthesize and break down about 3 grams of ATP for every gram of dry body weight. Four separate Nobel Prizes have been awarded for ATP-related discoveries. (2)
