A study tracking roughly 54,804 Danish adults for up to 27 years has found that nitrate consumed through tap water is ...

Ammonium nitrate, the material that appears to have caused the massive explosion that devastated Beirut on Tuesday, has been behind some of the largest accidental explosions and terrorist bombings on ...

An Iowa watchdog group says the EPA has stalled, or even scuttled, a nitrate review tied to health risks in drinking water.

New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) and the Danish Cancer Research Institute (DCRI) investigated the association between the intake of nitrate and nitrite from a wide range of different ...

Homeostasis is a fundamental process through which the body maintains a dynamic equilibrium by regulating its internal environment using physiological mechanisms and feedback loops. It is essential ...

Articles in this project are edited by Carey Gillam, managing editor of The New Lede. Responding to pervasive farm-related toxic water pollution, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has directed ...

Ammonia rarely makes headlines, but much of modern life depends on it. The compound of nitrogen and hydrogen is the key ingredient in the fertilizers that help feed roughly half of the world’s ...

Private well owners across Southeastern Minnesota can get their water tested for free at county fairs this summer.