Exposure to nitrate or nitrite in drinking water is associated with methemoglobinemia in infants, and possibly cancer (Grosse et al., 2006) and selected reproductive and developmental outcomes ...

This little black box could change how we study one of the world's biggest water quality issues. Scientists have created this new nitrate test kit. The dull black plastic of the device on Joshua ...

The end-of-season corn stalk nitrate test (CSNT) is a simple, inexpensive tool that can be used to assess the nitrogen (N) status of a corn crop at the end of the growing season. Data from studies ...

Greenpeace Aotearoa is announcing it will run free drop-in water testing days in Darfield, Rangiora, and Culverden in April following recent test results indicating high levels of nitrate in some ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Health Authority and partner organizations are mailing more drinking water test strips to Lower Umatilla Basin Groundwater Management Area (LUBGWMA) households and urging them ...

Gabriel Lade received funding from the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to conduct this research.

Revised Document Prepared by: A.L. Shober, K.L. Gartley, and J.T. Sims Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware Unlike other nutrients, such as potassium or phosphorus, the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Author: Gabriel Lade, Macalester College About 23 million U.S. households depend on ...

… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. About 23 million U.S. households depend on private wells as their primary ...

New University of Minnesota research, recently published in the Soil Science Society of America Journal, significantly improves a tool that farmers can use to guide nitrogen application decisions. Too ...