Phosphorus: The 1% element vital for life

'The human body is, roughly speaking, one percent phosphorus,' writes Jack Lohmann in Quillette. The exceedingly rare element is one of six that are absolutely essential to life. (The others are carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, and sulfur, which are more plentiful than phosphorus). — Read the rest
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