A UC Davis study reveals that extreme weather, such as heavy rains following droughts, rapidly pushes nitrates from ...

Iowa needs to cut the amount of nitrate in five rivers — including the Cedar River — because of the threat it poses to ...

High nitrate levels in drinking water can increase health risks, especially for young children. It may also increase the risk of colorectal cancer. Need for real-time soil nitrate monitoring ...

Climate-driven extreme weather conditions, such as droughts and intense precipitation, may be accelerating the pace at which ...

Iowa’s major urban drinking water supplies are contaminated with levels of toxic nitrates, linked to cancer, that exceed ...

EPA says parts of Des Moines, Raccoon, Iowa, Cedar and S. Skunk rivers should be added to Iowa's impaired waters list because ...

A new study reveals that extreme weather events, fueled by climate change, are accelerating nitrate contamination of groundwater. Heavy rains followin ...

With nitrate levels creeping upward regionally, utilities watch their wells closely. When drinking water becomes too contaminated, they have to take action. If they don’t have the infrastructure ...

Groups from Iowa and several other states have asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to invoke its emergency ...

while levels of nitrate above 5 mg/L can increase reproductive risks. "The source of this pollution is primarily the intensive dairy industry which contaminates lakes, rivers, and drinking water ...

should be able to access safe healthy drinking water. But this report shows that rural school children are consistently being exposed to dangerous levels of nitrate in their water, putting them at ...