Greater daily exposure to nitrites in food and water may increase the risk for type 2 diabetes, French researchers reported. Compared with those in the lowest tertile of total nitrite exposure (mean 3 ...

Nitrogen is a naturally occurring nutrient found in most soils. It is essential for life in plants and most plants require large amounts of nitrogen for best growth. Nitrate (nitrogen) formation also ...

California is facing a hidden threat to its drinking water supply. Nitrate pollution is a problem for both cities and rural areas, and it could get worse as the state's population grows. Yet, ...

University of California farm advisor Michael Cahn trains lettuce growers to test their fields for nitrates. By putting a thimbleful of dirt into a test tube with some water and watching as a strip ...

As Central Iowa Water Works imposes a lawn-watering ban to help ensure member utilities have the capacity to treat high levels of nitrates in their source water, some central Iowans are eyeing the ...

In this review we present an update on maternal exposure to nitrates in drinking water in relation to possible adverse reproductive and developmental effects, and also discuss nitrates in drinking ...

Elevated nitrates in drinking water — a persistent problem in Iowa — have been be linked to health concerns that include birth defects, cancers and thyroid problems, according to a state environmental ...

An official says Des Moines Water Works likely will sue three counties that manage drainage districts with high concentrations of nitrates.Water Works officials say the nitrates flow into the Raccoon ...

Water in Las Vegas is still safe to drink by federal and state standards, but researchers are watching nitrate levels in the water extracted from ground wells throughout the valley with alarm. That’s ...

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Engineers have found a catalyst the cleans toxic nitrates from drinking water by converting them into air and water. Engineers at Rice University's Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT) Center ...