Taylor Ricketts (UVM, Project ICP research partner) and colleagues found that pollinators are essential for human health; pollinator dependent crops provide important micronutrients. Read a news article on this study and other studies linking pollinators to human health here: http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/123-a210/
Importance of pollinators for global nutrition
- ICP Project at the 2015 Entomological Society of America Meeting
- Five New Articles on Pollinators from Penn State Extension