For decades, many residents of Eastern Oregon’s Morrow and Umatilla counties have relied on well water contaminated by nitrates, chemicals linked to cancers and thyroid disease — and especially ...

Two Democratic lawmakers have introduced a package of clean water bills aimed at reducing nitrate pollution in Iowa waterways, citing concerns about drinking wa ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The State of Oregon, through collaboration between the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, the Oregon Department of Agriculture, the Oregon Water Resources Department and ...

THE BAND LEAVES FOR DUBLIN ON WEDNESDAY. IOWA SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY SAYS FARMERS ARE DOING THEIR PART TO HELP KEEP NITRATES OUT OF IOWANS DRINKING WATER. KCCI CAUGHT UP WITH THE REPUBLICAN SENATOR AS ...

Fertilizer and irrigation practices will be scrutinized more closely in Oregon’s Lower Umatilla Basin under a new regulatory plan to decrease the region’s groundwater nitrate pollution. However, farm ...

Dementia is often described as a disease shaped by age and genetics, but daily choices also play a role. New international ...

Report outlines progress on the state’s response, long-term strategies to reduce groundwater nitrate concentration SALEM — The state of Oregon on Friday, Jan. 30, released the first annual progress ...

NOW. FIRST AT FIVE, A NEW $1.9 MILLION PROJECT IS TARGETING NITRATE POLLUTION IN BEAVER CREEK. THAT’S THE STREAM THAT FLOWS DIRECTLY INTO CENTRAL IOWA’S DRINKING WATER SUPPLY. AND THE STATE HOPES THIS ...

BOARDMAN, Ore. — For years, residents of Morrow and Umatilla counties have dealt with groundwater contamination. It's a problem that the state of Oregon has known about for three decades — but ...