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Not directly related to ethanol, but a troubling scenario for water quality: sentientmedia.org/meat-process...

NPDES permits were created as part of the Clean Water Act to regulate wastewater discharges from “point source” facilities, but, in Iowa, fewer than 4% of CAFOs have them. buff.ly/ZyUUfnb

At what cost? While #Iowa's rivers are polluted with record levels of unhealthy nitrates. Elect water scientist Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social as your Secretary of Agriculture and get this fixed for ALL Iowans. qctimes.com/news/state-r...

New post: Adam Shriver responds to an Iowa Republican senator's claim that residents of the Netherlands aren't concerned about nitrates in their drinking water. www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/01/21/r...

The water sources for cities like Early, Iowa have become more polluted with nitrates over the years, largely thanks to runoff from manure or synthetic fertilizer that has been over-applied to agricultural fields. @ninaelkadi.com reports:

for extra extra nutrients like nitrates, fertilizer, pesticides and proteins from livestock shit open your startup in Iowa. You'll be Oprah rich in no time YOU GET A CANCER👈 YOU GET A CANCER ☝️AND YOU GET A CANCER👉

More than a year after four Oregon agencies released a plan to reduce a decades-long nitrate problem in Eastern Oregon, a lot of work remains, according to the state’s first progress report. Overexposure to nitrates is especially harmful to infants and is linked to cancers and thyroid disease.

If she was really serious about Iowa cancer rates, she'd be looking at big AG putting nitrates in our drinking water and the hexvalent chromium they found downriver in Van Meter last summer.

This is the price our bays & estuaries pays for agricultural nitrogen pollution. These measures treat the symptom, they don't address the source. This is what the nitrates derogation exacerbates. Is this worth celebrating? Is it a price we're willing to pay? www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

Environment Southland maps an increase in nitrate-containing groundwater & points the finger largely at a rise in intensive farming, notably dairy. Any level above 3.5mg/L was indicative of "serious degradation of environmental health let alone public health". www.odt.co.nz/southland/ni...

Because you really need to know how nitrates in Iowa’s drinking water are driving a statewide cancer crisis and why solving the problem requires more democracy. By agricultural engineer and former local elected official, Kamyar Enshayan. @sehnetwork.bsky.social www.sehn.org/sehn/2026/2/...

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