For seaside communities reducing their pollution, nitrogen is a prime target. Often found in agricultural runoff and human ...

For seaside communities reducing their pollution, nitrogen is a prime target. Often found in agricultural runoff and human ...

Ammonium nitrate’s outwardly peaceful molecule perpetually strains with suppressed desires. The oxygen and hydrogen atoms are not combined with each other, as their natures prompt them to be.

Potassium nitrate (KNO 3), known historically as saltpeter or the mineral niter, is a common salt with multiple uses. It has been known since antiquity; an early appearance in the chemical literature ...

A new study claims that drinking beetroot juice may help lower blood pressure, thanks to its high nitrate content and its ...

Exposure to a common agricultural contaminant in drinking water, even in small doses, may be linked to increased risks of preterm birth, a new study has found. The pollutant, called nitrate, is als… ...

Even low levels of nitrate—a common agricultural runoff and drinking water contaminant—are associated with increased risks of preterm birth and low birthweight babies, according to a ...

Ammonium nitrate was the main suspected chemical in a Texas explosion that killed 14 people in April 2013. The explosion at West Fertilizer Co. also injured more than 200 and left at least 50 ...

The last time the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality compiled comprehensive data on nitrate ground pollution in the Lower Umatilla Basin was 2012. More than a decade later, Oregonians have ...

In 2013, 15 people were killed and more than 260 others were injured in West, Texas, after ammonium nitrate exploded at a fertilizer plant. Federal investigators said in 2016 that the fire that ...