Nitrate ion is a common pollutant produced by municipal waste treatment systems, agricultural run-offs, and livestock waste. Although an essential component of fertilizers and necessary for growing ...

Excessive use of fertilizers has fueled global food production, but it has also left behind a serious problem: nitrate pollution in soil and water. High nitrate levels threaten drinking water safety, ...

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 ...

Liang-Cui Chu, Jan Niklas Offenborn, Leonie Steinhorst, Xu Na Wu, Lin Xi, Zhi Li, Aurore Jacquot, Laurence Lejay, Jörg Kudla and Waltraud X. Schulze • The collective function of calcineurin B-like ...

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - Nitrate levels in some of the state’s waterways are among the highest in the nation, as a recent study finds Iowa’s agriculture industry accounts for 80% of the nitrogen in ...

LEADER. THAT IS SO IMPRESSIVE. WELL, NEW AT SIX. THE NITRATE REMOVAL FACILITY IS OFF. CENTRAL IOWA WATER WORKS SAYS IT WAS SHUT DOWN ON FRIDAY AFTER RUNNING FOR 112 TOTAL DAYS. THE FACILITY RUNS WHEN ...