Certain types of air pollution can significantly impact learning and memory problems in children. Ammonium nitrate, in ...

Nearly 3,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate - taken from a ship off the coast of Beirut six years ago and then stored in a warehouse - has been blamed for the explosion that ripped through the port ...

High temperatures cause ammonium nitrate to decompose into water and nitrogen oxide (known as laughing gas), and because the ...

Natural fertilisers such as manure or compost are used by farmers to provide a source of nitrate to increase crop yield. Expensive artificial fertilisers such as ammonium nitrate can be applied to ...

A new USC study involving 8,500 children from across the country reveals that a form of air pollution, largely the product of agricultural emissions, is linked to poor learning and memory performance ...