Internal funding for research will not only provide desperately needed resources in a time when funding is difficult to
obtain from federal sources and foundations, but will also allow students and mentors to think Outside The Box, test novel ideas and undertake unique research leading to breakthrough discoveries in animal health and welfare.
Not exact matches
Most reported cases have been ascribed to the use of contaminated well water for preparation of infant formula.1 — 3 Fifteen million families in the United States
obtain their drinking water
from unregulated wells.4 In a survey of 5500 private water supplies
from 9 Midwestern states, 13 % of the wells were found to have nitrate concentrations > 10 mg / L or 10 ppm nitrate nitrogen, 5 the
federal maximum contaminant level.6 It is estimated that 2 million families drink water
from private wells that fail to meet the
federal drinking - water standard for nitrate, and 40000 infants younger than 6 months live in homes that have nitrate - contaminated water supplies.4 In urban areas, municipal wastewater - treatment discharges (a
source of nutrients) on surrounding farmland aggravate the problem.7
Although
federal R&D data are less than perfect, the OMB figures, supplemented by data
obtained directly
from the agencies, do provide a good basic
source of material for conducting an analysis of R&D budget trends.
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