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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Producers of corn-soybean rotations looking to fine-tune nitrogen applications won't find more precise tools than the pre-sidedress and preplant nitrate tests. Recommended by the University of ...

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 ...

Chemist Lisa Morarend explained how ion chromatography is used to measure nitrate and other contaminants in water samples at the Fleur Drive Treatment Plant in Des Moines during a press event Tuesday.

LITTLE BIT, AND WE’LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU SOON. RIGHT NOW, MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA IS STILL UNDER A LAWN WATERING BAN. IT’S DUE TO HIGH NITRATE LEVELS IN OUR WATER SOURCES. YOU’RE TAKING A LOOK AT ALL ...

A water tower in Marion, Ohio. A recent analysis by the Environmental Working Group found that Iowa communities dealing with nitrate contamination in their drinking water are more likely to be lower ...

Citizen scientists in Iowa are monitoring nitrate levels in streams and drinking water through the Izaak Walton League's Nitrate Watch program. The data collected supplements state monitoring efforts ...