The tap water of over 60 million Americans has alarming levels of nitrates linked to cancer and other health harms, a new ...

Nearly one-fifth of Americans relied on drinking water systems with elevated and potentially dangerous levels of nitrate in ...

Around 1 in 5 Americans may have been exposed to a tasteless compound that is linked to multiple cancers in their tap water, ...

A new analysis from the Environmental Working Group warns that more than 62 million Americans — about one in five — may be ...

Across the central U.S., nitrate from crop fertilizer and livestock facilities is seeping into water underground. Many family ...

We've seen recent heavy rain coming down in Iowa and Des Moines' nitrate removal facility at high usage for this year. Are ...

A new Environmental Working Group report estimates over 62 million Americans may be exposed to potentially harmful nitrate levels in their tap water, often from agricultural runoff. Federal safety ...

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It’s been a wet spring across Iowa, but water utilities in the Des Moines area are asking people to save water because nitrate levels are high in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers. The rivers are a ...

Reverse osmosis systems remove nitrates and other contaminants from water by forcing it through a membrane. Home reverse osmosis systems are increasing in sales due to high nitrate levels in central ...

Nitrate concentrations, exacerbated by a wet spring that followed years of dry conditions, reached near record highs in Iowa rivers this summer. Concentrations are typically elevated in the summer.

The cherry-red brick of the Stanley Hydraulics Laboratory sits at the edge of the Iowa River, where decades of research have ...