This could be especially problematic for small communities without the infrastructure to filter nitrates.

Nitrates in food have long been associated with negative health consequences, putting many of us on high alert when we see food products with added nitrates, like processed meats. But there’s actually ...

If you've ever checked the label on deli meat, you've probably seen the words "nitrate-free" or "no nitrates added" plastered across the packaging. Sounds like a good thing if it means no ...

Pomegranate juice is known to help with hypertension, a condition affecting about half of adults in the U.S. These everyday ...

DODGE COUNTY, Minn. — Scott Glarner grew up around nitrates. The Dodge Center man, 61, lived his first 50 years on a family farm about a mile north of Berne, Minnesota, on Dodge County Road B — what ...

Nitrates – widely used preservatives – are found in a variety of foods. Are they good or bad? After all, they can form nitrosamines, recognized carcinogens. A new study uses the metaphor of Dr. Jekyll ...

Central Iowa Water Works turned on the nitrate removal facility after tests showed high levels of the pollutant nitrate in ...

Des Moines, site of the world's largest nitrate-removal facility, last year dumped an estimated 13,500 pounds of the chemical back into the river, sending it downstream where other cities and towns ...

Share on Pinterest Nitrates and nitrites can be found in processed meats but also in vegetables and other foods. Dejan Beokovic/Stocksy Nitrates and nitrites are found naturally in soil and water.

Engineers have found a catalyst the cleans toxic nitrates from drinking water by converting them into air and water. Engineers at Rice University's Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT) Center ...

Nebraska’s Central Platte Natural Resources District partners with farmers and uses technology to slowly lower groundwater ...