Sentences with phrase «nitrate contamination»

That means it could take longer than previously thought to reduce nitrate contamination in groundwater, including in aquifers that supply drinking water in North America and elsewhere, he says.

Nitrate contamination of aquatic ecosystems can be reduced by farmers following the 4Rs of nutrient stewardship: applying the right fertilizer source at the right rate, the right time and the right place (see http://www.nutrientstewardship.com/what-are-4rs).

Commercial baby food companies may buy veggies that are grown in a part of the country where the nitrate contamination of soil is lower, where the sun shines more or where Farmer's do not use high levels of nitrogen containing fertilizers.

Prenatal and newborn care for patients with private wells should include recommendation for testing well water for nitrate contamination.

Organic foods are grown without the use of commercial nitrate fertilizers and thus the risk of nitrate contamination / concentration is minimized, but not eliminated.

Not exact matches

Waterworks subsidise conversion to organic agriculture in water protection areas as an economically efficient solution for reducing the cost of cleaning - up drinking water by minimising the nitrate and pesticide contamination of groundwater.

As a result, in some regions of Germany and France, waterworks subsidise conversion to organic agriculture in water protection areas as an economically efficient solution for reducing the cost of cleaning - up drinking water by minimising the nitrate and pesticide contamination of groundwater.

Nitrate poisoning is very very rare and when it does occur, it is typically traced back to ground water contamination — specifically from contaminated private wells.2

Across the nation, concern over contamination has risen in places like Seattle, where the city recently sued the agribusiness giant Monsanto over chemical pollution in the Duwamish River, and in Minnesota, where a state report issued last week found that up to 60 percent of groundwater samples from wells in the central part of the state had unsafe levels of nitrates.

Some were for elevated lead levels, the problem in Flint, but the data set also included violations for coliform bacteria — a group of microbes that is easy to detect and serves as an indicator of bacterial contamination in general — nitrates, arsenic, and other contaminants.

The intensity of groundwater contamination via uranium (red) and nitrate (blue) is shown in two major aquifers and other sites through out the nation.

«The finding that contaminants are positively correlated with nitrate is an important one that will help identify private wells that are susceptible to contamination.»

We have enough problems with over fishing, mercury contamination, nitrates, and plastics without climate change altering ocean chemistry as well.

In November 2009, Greenpeace released its scientific report on contamination of the ground water in Punjab with nitrates from chemical fertilisers through a report called «Chemical fertilisers in our water».

Currently, Monsanto's Roundup Ready corn crops and herbicide resistant soybean crops, have wreaked havoc on the agricultural system causing soil erosion, nitrate leeching, and water contamination.

Monsanto's Roundup Ready corn crops and herbicide resistant soybean crops have also wreaked havoc on our agricultural system by causing soil erosion, nitrate leeching, and water contamination.