As near-record nitrate levels strain water supply, Central Iowa Water Works asks residents to slash watering, and ...

Ottumwa is addressing rising nitrate levels in its drinking water by blending river water with a safer source from a former ...

A ban on lawn watering across the Central Iowa Water Works system is staying in place. Staff said conservation efforts over the weekend helped to keep nitrate levels in drinking water within the ...

A new study published Wednesday found exposure to nitrates in drinking water could increase the risk of adverse birth ...

Even low levels of nitrate—a common agricultural runoff and drinking water contaminant—are associated with increased risks of preterm birth and low birthweight babies, according to a study ...

Nitrate levels in the Cedar River, which supplies drinking water for Cedar Rapids, have increased in recent days, but remain ...

Exposure to a common agricultural contaminant in drinking water, even in small doses, may be linked to increased risks of preterm birth, a new study has found. The pollutant, called nitrate, is ...

Nitrate in the water distributed by one of Cedar Rapids' two treatment plants peaked at nearly 9 parts per million — the ... That most commonly affects infants who drink formula with tainted ...

Testing done by Aqua Illinois found 11.9mg/L nitrate levels in University Park, Illinois drinking water, health officials said Sunday. The federal drinking level standard nitrate level is 10mg/L.

What leveled Beirut on Tuesday sounds eerily similar to descriptions of a massive 1947 explosion in Texas City, Texas. The S.S. Grandcamp—carrying ammonium nitrate, fuel, and ammunition ...

Customers of Aqua Illinois complained Monday about the quality of water they receive from the utility and the company’s response to nitrate contamination affecting University Park and other ...