### salt:

Phosphate
* All phosphate ores contain levels of fluorine which are toxic to animals.
* Most phosphate contains aluminum
  - has phosphate
  - phosphates are heavy, and none are hard
* Some phosphate contains fluorine
  - phosphorus
  - decreases excretion
* Some phosphate decreases urinary excretion
  - phosphorus excretion
  - destroys habitats
* Some phosphate has direct effects
  - produces during reaction
  - stays on land and cycles between organisms and soil.
  * A 'phosphate' salt of phosphoric acid. Phosphates are important in biochemistry
* accumulate from living plants and animals, their byproducts, and their remains.
* act as a fertilizer and increase algae and aquatic weeds in waterways
  - by reducing bone resorption of calcium and promoting renal calcium reabsorption
* also affect the flavor and texture as perceived by the taste testers.
* are also beneficial in controlling both fusarium and black rot
  - essential compounds used as groups in the formation of DNA and bone tissue
  - important ingredients of bone
  - an important element in bone formation
* are another byproduct of the fertilizer industry
  - pollutant when found in water
  - chemical compounds that contain phosphorus
  - essential to the energy-transfer reactions necessary to sustain life processes
  - generally neutral in their effect on soil pH, and potassium carriers are basic
* are important chemicals
* are important to metabolism in both plants and animals
  - in purple
  - ingredients of some detergents
  - laxatives
  - made of one phosphorus atom surrounded by four oxygen atoms
  - most important, and limestone and marble are quarried
* are necessary for the action of zymase and have been called coenzymes of it
  - to the growth of organisms and have extensive use as fertilizers
  - nutrients that cause rapid growth of algae in bodies of water
  - nutritious for all forms of life
  - on the outside of the molecule
  - one of the nutrients that cause plants to grow, including algae in our waterways
  - phosphorous compounds
  - the detritus of human wastes and garbage
* binds intestinal magnesium
* can also inhibit bacterial growth
  - bond to the surface of the record and are environmentally damaging
  - cause excessive algae in nearby surface waters
  - harm plants and animals that live in water
  - prevent scale from forming and depositing on the inside of water lines
* cause water pollution, especially in lakes and rivers.
* come from Calcium phosphate, a naturally occurring mineral in many soils
  - mainly from human sewage
* constitute and important plant nutrient.
* create algae blooms in waterways.
* dominate the Senegalese mining industry and exports are a major foreign currency earner
* encourage algae growth, which can suffocate aquatic life.
* enter the water supply from many sources, including agricultural runoff and sewage
  - system from household detergents and from fertilizers
* exist in cell membranes, enzymes, genetic material, and biological energy molecules.
* have excellent anti-galling properties as well
  - many important roles in biological molecules
* help root development.
* increase algae growth and deplete the amount of oxygen in our lakes, rivers and streams.
* is chemical compounds
  - inanimate objects
  - soft drinks
* often become long-term constituents of the bottom sediments.
* produces substances
  - such substances
  - toxic substances
* promote eutrophication in natural waters.
* replace the carbonates in the buffering system.
* tend to be fixed to soil particles and therefore reach water courses when soil is eroded
  - held at anion exchange sites
  - remain attached to soil particles
* type of salt.
* ultimately can damage streams and rivers.
+ Phosphate, Structure: Phosphorus compounds