Is it safe to boil your water? And should you? Des Moines residents have expressed confusion on social media after updated ...

Central Iowa Water Works' nitrate removal facility reduces nitrate levels significantly, ensuring safe and reliable water for ...

The research addresses growing concerns about the adequacy of U.S. drinking water safety standards, particularly for pregnant ...

About 60 million Americans are exposed to nitrate in drinking water from farm runoff, raising the risk of several cancers and ...

Despite elevated levels of nitrates in the Iowa River, Marshalltown residents do not have to worry about their drinking water ...

Iowa communities have been told to conserve water during the summer months. Some have dry wells, other systems fight polluted ...

Silvanna Moreno, a nine-year-old girl, tragically died after a dental procedure under anesthesia in Vista. Following the ...

Last week, the Central Iowa Water Works banned about 600,000 commercial and residential customers from watering lawns as near-record levels of nitrates in the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers threaten to ...

Nitrates in drinking water can be a concern in Illinois. In June, nitrate levels of 11 ... the body, nitrate can convert to nitrite, which interferes with the blood’s ability to carry oxygen. This can ...

Nitrate contamination can cause ‘blue baby syndrome ... “Why the state of California omitted methemoglobinemia [known as blue baby syndrome] cannot be answered on the local level,” she said.

This was based on our understanding of nitrate’s connection to blue baby syndrome (also known as methemoglobinemia), a condition that can be fatal to infants. In 1962, ...