![Natural Zinc](https://www.zinc.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2023/03/Diorama_2.png)
Abundant
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Zinc is the 24th most abundant element in the Earth’s crust – for every kg of crust, there are 70 mg of zinc!
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Naturally present, geology determines the natural background concentrations of zinc in the overlying soil.
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Naturally present, geology can determine the natural background concentrations of zinc in the overlying water.
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All life on earth is developed in the presence of zinc, and it is essential in 100% of living organisms.
All life on earth is developed in the presence of zinc, and it is essential in 100% of living organisms.
All life on earth is developed in the presence of zinc, and it is essential in 100% of living organisms.
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With ~8 billion humans on earth, an average of 2.5 g of zinc per person = 20 thousand tonnes of zinc in living human beings on Earth today.
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Zinc is the most commonly deficient micronutrient in the world. This high prevalence of zinc-deficient soils leaves plants more prone to drought, heat stress, and pathogenic infections, stunted growth and creates higher susceptibility to chlorosis and necrosis on the leaves