This little black box could change how we study one of the world's biggest water quality issues. Scientists have created this new nitrate test kit. The dull black plastic of the device on Joshua ...

High nitrate levels in hay and forage can pose serious health risks to livestock, particularly pregnant animals and ruminants ...

Revised Document Prepared by: A.L. Shober, K.L. Gartley, and J.T. Sims Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware Unlike other nutrients, such as potassium or phosphorus, the ...

Exposure to nitrate or nitrite in drinking water is associated with methemoglobinemia in infants, and possibly cancer (Grosse et al., 2006) and selected reproductive and developmental outcomes ...

High nitrate levels in hay and forage can pose serious health risks to livestock, particularly pregnant animals and ruminants such as cattle.

Producers of corn-soybean rotations looking to fine-tune nitrogen applications won't find more precise tools than the pre-sidedress and preplant nitrate tests. Recommended by the University of ...

LITTLE BIT, AND WE’LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU SOON. RIGHT NOW, MUCH OF CENTRAL IOWA IS STILL UNDER A LAWN WATERING BAN. IT’S DUE TO HIGH NITRATE LEVELS IN OUR WATER SOURCES. YOU’RE TAKING A LOOK AT ALL ...

Chemist Lisa Morarend explained how ion chromatography is used to measure nitrate and other contaminants in water samples at the Fleur Drive Treatment Plant in Des Moines during a press event Tuesday.

The dull black plastic of the device on Joshua Pearce's desk belies its usefulness. Pearce picks up the box, which has a switch on the side and a small opening on top. A handful of vials sit in a bag ...