DFace NewsClimate shifts linked to rickets rise in Industrial England
For readers interested in how environment shaped historical health, researchers reexamined a known disease hotspot: a cemetery from England's Industrial Revolution (roughly 1760-1840). Rickets, a bone condition from poor mineralization, was common among children due to pollution, harsh labor, bad housing, and little sunlight. While urbanization, latitude, and wealth were seen as main causes,…
Source: Phys.org