The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, a division of the
U.S. Public Health Service, cites fruit and
grain consumption as the leading cause of lead exposure in the general population.
Chapter 2 Data: Population Pressure: Land and Water (XLS PDF Highlights) World
Grain Production and
Consumption, 1960 - 2009 World
Grain Consumption and Stocks, 1960 - 2009 Wheat - Oil Exchange Rate, 1950 - 2008 Wheat Production in Saudi Arabia, 1960 - 2009, with Projection to 2016
Grain Harvested Area Per Person in Selected Countries and the World in 1950 and 2000, with Projection to 2050
U.S. Corn Production and Use for Fuel Ethanol, 1980 - 2009 Countries Overpumping Aquifers in 2009 World Irrigated Area and Irrigated Area Per Thousand People, 1950 - 2007 World Population of Cattle, Sheep, and Goats, 1961 - 2007 Livestock and Human Populations in Africa, 1961 - 2007 Livestock and Human Populations in Nigeria, 1961 - 2007 Livestock and Human Populations in China, 1961 - 2007 World Total and Per Person Wild Fish Harvest, 1950 - 2007 Top of Page
But now these two safety cushions are gone: the
U.S. cropland set - asides have been phased out, and over the last decade world
grain reserves have averaged a dangerously low 74 days of
consumption.