{"id":16149,"date":"2026-01-03T08:30:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T08:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polarismagazine.org\/?p=16149"},"modified":"2026-03-03T08:31:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T08:31:38","slug":"seleniums-gift-to-hometown-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polarismagazine.org\/?p=16149","title":{"rendered":"Selenium\u2019s Gift to Hometown Health\u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Selenium\u2019s Gift to Hometown Health\u200b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>QIZHE WEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My hometown Enshi in Hubei holds the globe\u2019s only verified independent selenium deposit\u2014local rocks have up to 66.66mg\/kg of this mineral, 11 times higher than comparable formations.<\/p>\n<p>A nationwide survey shows 53% of Chinese students have myopia, but Enshi\u2019s juvenile rate is far lower. Selenium shields lens proteins from oxidation, boosts ocular microcirculation, and slows eye axis growth. Enshi\u2019s cancer incidence is merely 0.00468%, well below the national average.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a blessing from selenium-rich earth,\u201d my mother says proudly.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u6211\u7684\u5bb6\u4e61\u5728\u6e56\u5317\u7701\u6069\u65bd\u571f\u5bb6\u65cf\u82d7\u65cf\u81ea\u6cbb\u5dde\uff0c\u62e5\u6709\u5168\u7403\u552f\u4e00\u63a2\u660e\u7684\u72ec\u7acb\u7852\u77ff\u5e8a\u3002\u5bb6\u4e61\u7684\u5ca9\u77f3\u7852\u542b\u91cf\u6700\u9ad8\u8fbe66.66mg\/kg\uff0c\u662f\u540c\u7c7b\u5ca9\u77f3\u7684 11 \u500d\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u6069\u65bd\u5dde\u7684\u8c03\u7814\u6570\u636e\u663e\u793a\uff1a\u5168\u56fd\u4e2d\u5c0f\u5b66\u751f\u8fd1\u89c6\u7387\u9ad8\u8fbe53%\uff0c\u6069\u65bd\u5dde\u7684\u4e2d\u5c0f\u5b66\u8fd1\u89c6\u7387\u8fdc\u4f4e\u4e8e\u8fd9\u4e2a\u6570\u5b57\u3002\u56e0\u4e3a\u7852\u80fd\u4fdd\u62a4\u6676\u72b6\u4f53\u86cb\u767d\u8d28\u4e0d\u88ab\u6c27\u5316\uff0c\u8fd8\u80fd\u6539\u5584\u773c\u90e8\u5fae\u5faa\u73af\uff0c\u51cf\u7f13\u773c\u8f74\u589e\u957f\u3002\u5bb6\u4e61\u764c\u75c7\u53d1\u75c5\u7387\u4ec54.68\/10\u4e07\uff0c\u8fdc\u4f4e\u4e8e\u5168\u56fd\u5e73\u5747\u6c34\u5e73\u3002<\/p>\n<p>\u5988\u5988\u8bf4\u8fd9\u662f\u201c\u7852\u571f\u517b\u51fa\u6765\u7684\u798f\u6c14\u201d\u3002<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selenium\u2019s Gift to Hometown Health\u200b QIZHE WEN My hometown Enshi in Hubei holds the globe\u2019s only verified independent selenium deposit\u2014local rocks have up to 66.66mg\/kg of this mineral, 11 times higher than comparable formations. A nationwide survey shows 53% of Chinese students have myopia, but Enshi\u2019s juvenile rate is far<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/polarismagazine.org\/?p=16149\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,2150],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-admin","post-16149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soc","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/polarismagazine.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/polarismagazine.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/polarismagazine.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polarismagazine.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polarismagazine.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/polarismagazine.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16152,"href":"https:\/\/polarismagazine.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16149\/revisions\/16152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polarismagazine.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/polarismagazine.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polarismagazine.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polarismagazine.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}