Bird dung changed the history of which country - Nauru, Namibia, Nicaragua, or Nigeria?

Kainantu

Nauru http://www.utdallas.edu/dept/sci_ed/Melville/HOWHASHUMANACTIVITYAFFECTED.htm berclo.net/page02/02en-nauru.html www.observer.co.uk/international/ story/0,6903,545649,00.html Jul 06 03, 7:05 AM

sequoianoir

In Micronesia there is a small island called Nauru, near the equator, just west of the Gilbert islands. Before World War II, the native Polynesians lived here in isolation, and were such a healthy and happy people that the island used to be known as Pleasant Island. On this island there are enormous deposits of bird dung that have accumulated over the centuries. After the war, the phosphates from this bird dung were coveted by the industrialized nations. As a result, the Nauruans became very wealthy, and began to emulate the West- gorging themselves on rich foods, canned and frozen meats, fish, oils, white rice, soft drinks. Their consumption of fiber plummeted and their consumption of fat skyrocketed. Now the island is not so pleasant. Tragically, over one-third of these people have developed diabetes. Jul 06 03, 7:09 AM

mumby21

Nauru and when the guanno runs out so does the wealth of this tiny nation which has squandered most of it Jul 15 03, 6:32 AM