In a concerning development, groundwater contamination is on the rise in Jammu and Kashmir, with several districts reporting ...

In many places throughout the Central Valley, intense agricultural practices add over 740,000 pounds of nitrogen from fertilizers, combined with the almost 200 million pounds of manure produced daily ...

ST. PAUL - Wary of a new federal administration that seeks more environmental deregulation, several groups are suing the state Agriculture Department and Pollution Control Agency to ensure progress in ...

The Central Ground Water Board report attributes the rising uranium levels to leaching from agricultural land. Intensive use ...

That will require the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to evaluate their sources of nitrate contamination — which threatens public drinking water — and develop plans to reduce it.

Nitrate contamination is a significant environmental and health concern, particularly in agricultural regions using nitrogen-based fertilizers and animal waste ...