Photo Credit: Brett Boardman, from Tony Owen Partners blog The childhood illness of rickets, where kids bones are softened and deformed by a deficiency of vitamin D, was rife during the Industrial Revolution of the late 1700′s. It was discovered that the suffering children lived in urban enclaves so dense that very little natural daylight penetrated. And yet sunlight exposure could cure rickets. As our urban density increases, with soaring apartments and office blocks, sunlight is again… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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