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Sustainability section: How do fertilizers affect humans?

2. Sustainability section, I appreciate the section mentioning the harms that fertilizer has on aquatic life, but I think that there should also be some instances where it includes how it affects humans also.

a. Before: “The excessive use of fertilizers often left in abandoned plantations contributes greatly to eutrophication in local streams and lakes, and harms aquatic life after algal blooms deprive fish of oxygen.”

b. After: The excessive use of fertilizers often left in abandoned plantations contributes greatly to eutrophication in soil and harms human and aquatic life when fertilizers seep into local streams.

Also, how does it affect non-aquatic animals. Land animals? --Saraknowsthings (talk) 23:29, 25 September 2022 (UTC)saraknowsthings (talk) September 25, 2022.[reply]

Sustainability section: Supporting evidence to the harm of humans

3. Sustainability section, After the harm on aquatic life, is mentioned, it then goes on to include supporting evidence of such harm. Due to me adding how fertilizers can also harm human life I wanted to include supporting evidence for that also. a. Before: “It had been theorized that destruction of 60% of coral reefs along the coasts of Costa Rica is partially from sediments from bananas plantations.”

b. After: “It had been……” These harmful chemicals cause cancer and mutations in humans. Not to mention the workers in these bananas fields that exposure to these chemicals daily.

Other micronutrients in bananas - why is potassium not significant?

Currently in the Nutrition section it says "and moderate amounts of vitamin C, manganese and dietary fiber, with no other micronutrients in significant content (see table)."

Looking at the table, vitamin C is 10% DV and manganese is 13%. Potassium is 8%. Why is potassium not considered a micronutrient in significant content? Bananas may not be as good of a source of potassium as popularly believed, but surely 8% DV of potassium is a significant amount if vitamin C is considered significant at 10% DV. KyleRego (talk) 18:16, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Micronutrient contents less than 10% of the Daily Value are considered below the "good" or "moderate" source level, and therefore are too minimal to mention. The general guide established by the FDA (the leading regulatory agency to define micronutrient contents for manufacturers and consumers by establishing a food label guide) is: 10-19% DV = "good" source; 20% or more = "high" or "rich" source. There is no description for a food's micronutrient content when less than 10%. Zefr (talk) 18:47, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 26 April 2023

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160.7.16.67 (talk) 16:19, 26 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]