WASHINGTON (AFP) – Sa pagtaas ng carbon dioxide dahil sa pagsusunog ng fossil fuels, mawawalan ng ilang protina at bitamina ang bigas, at manganganib sa malnutrition ang milyun-milyong katao, babala ng scientists nitong Martes.
Partikular na malala ang pagbabago sa southeast Asia na bahagi ng araw-araw na diet ang kanin, iniulat sa Science Advances journal.
“We are showing that global warming, climate change and particularly greenhouse gases — carbon dioxide — can have an impact on the nutrient content of plants we eat,” sinabi ng co-author na si Adam Drewnowski, professor ng epidemiology sa University of Washington.
“This can have devastating effects on the rice-consuming countries where about 70 percent of the calories and most of the nutrients come from rice.”
Ang kakulangan ng protina at bitamina ay maaaring mauwi sa growth-stunting, birth defects, diarrhea, infections at maagang pagkamatay.
