A farm worker collects cassava at the expropriated and now redistributed farm of El Charcote in the central state of Cojedes March 25, 2009.
Photo: REUTERS/Jorge Silva
THE DOSE MAKES THE POISON
Australian scientists have found that in a warming world, food like cassava (which makes tapioca) and sorghum (kind of like rice) produce more cyanide poison (a paralyzing poison). Apparently it’s a higher risk of poisoning especially during a drought.
HAVING LESS TO EAT
The biggest issue was that you can only grow half the amount. That’s bad news for over 750,000,000 (75 million) people in Africa, Asia and Latin America who eat cassava every day in flour. Cassava also grows really well in dry climates.
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Crops face toxic timebomb in warmer world: study: “SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Staples such as cassava on which millions of people depend become more toxic and produce much smaller yields in a world with higher carbon dioxide levels and more drought, Australian scientists say.”
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