Report shows increased nitrates in key Iowa waterways

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Eighty-three environmental groups have signed a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services and Environmental Protection Agency demanding action on “critically high” nitrate levels in Iowa drinking water.

Chemical makers say nitrate levels only spike seasonally. New research from the Iowa Environmental Council shows that high nitrate levels are causing a “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, 1,000 miles downstream of the Mississippi River. Marine life struggles to survive in those waters.

Food and Water Watch senior staff attorney Tyler Lobdell said the letter also highlights health risks for Iowans, “underscoring and highlighting this emergency, so underscoring the association of increased cancer prevalence in Iowa with the nitrate contamination crisis.”

Large-scale ag operators have said they are within federal limits for the chemicals they use, and have claimed they’re constantly looking for ways to become more environmentally friendly while keeping up with growing demand.

....https://iowastartingline.com/news/environment/dangerous-nitrate-levels-iowas-drinking-water/

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1. No regulation on pig shit or fertilizer runoff into our water

The cancer numbers in Iowa are outrageous.

When the rest of the country is going down, we are going up.

But the neo Confederate magats all over Iowa will keep voting for people with R next to their name ...well mostly racism.

Sucks to live here.