Some rural areas have excessive nitrate levels along with high infant disease levels, but people are slow to respond to ...

In 2023, nearly 29,000 households scattered across rural Nebraska received postcards instructing them how to get their ...

They’re found in fruit, veg and cured meat, but why is it that we are warned against eating some foods with nitrates and nitrites in, but we’re told to fill our fridges with others?

Beet juice is a nutritious beverage with many health benefits. This article reviews the benefits, safety, and use of beet ...

Scientists have discovered a remarkable new form of symbiosis — a bacterium that lives inside a single-celled organism (a ...

Ground Water Quality Report-2024 released by the Central Ground Water Board warns of worsening groundwater quality, impending ...

It noted that nitrates exceeding the 10 mg/L limit were found in some wells that went as deep as 100 feet. Among DEQ’s recommendations, staff at the agency would like to see more wells added to ...

While cities and towns filter out pollutants with wastewater treatment plants, like this one in Hastings, private wells aren’t regulated. Owners have to treat water on their own. (Angelina ...

A new study by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality found nitrate levels have continued to rise across the Lower ...

Minnesota is giving its water quality standards a fresh look. With public input in their hands, officials are under pressure ...

CF is expected to have benefited from healthy nitrogen fertilizer demand in major markets and lower natural gas costs in Q4.