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Description: Anhydrous ammonia can cause headline-grabbing disasters, but it’s also responsible for 50% of the food on your table. It all boils down to nitrogen, and the process of turning the inert dinitrogen in our air into useful fertilizer. So what is this stuff, how is it used, and how is something so dangerous also so vital? You might also like: How Can Fertilizer Explode?: youtu.be/-SeT3N3A19c The Top 5 Strangest Poisons That Can Kill You: youtu.be/4hQ0G0GaYR8 What is an Electron?: youtu.be/dgqHFpP1w2k How Lead (Maybe?) Caused the Downfall of the Roman Empire: youtu.be/4k7CvSiomlA Can Mixing Cleaning Chemicals Kill You?: youtu.be/FH1h0oWjark Credits: Executive Producers: Hilary Hudson Producers: Elaine Seward Andrew Sobey Darren Weaver Writer/Host: Alex Dainis, PhD Scientific consultants: Michelle Boucher, PhD Daniel R. Kuespert, PhD Carson Arch, PhD Brianne Raccor, PhD SOURCES: docs.google.com/document/d/1E8D3n_8x5GwzssBffT2lQgtbmBB7rSPAQ1jEC_so1e4/edit?usp=sharing