Dementia is often described as a disease shaped by age and genetics, but daily choices also play a role. New international research suggests that what you eat, and where certain nutrients come from, ...

For years, Oregon state agencies, local governments and committees have hashed and rehashed plans to clean up a decades-long nitrates pollution problem in northern Morrow and Umatilla counties. While ...

For decades, many residents of Eastern Oregon’s Morrow and Umatilla counties have relied on well water contaminated by nitrates, chemicals linked to cancers and thyroid disease — and especially ...

For all the flak they take — particularly in agriculture-driven communities like ours — environmental agencies are some of the best friends the public could ask for. Just ask the 2,000-plus Lower ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – The State of Oregon, through collaboration between the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, the Oregon Department of Agriculture, the Oregon Water Resources Department and ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - A new state program, approved in 2022 to help reduce nitrate pollution in drinking water, is struggling to get started, more than a year after it became law.

Sentient reports nearly 20% of Americans are drinking nitrate-contaminated water, which poses serious health risks linked to ...

The Yakima Health District will survey more than 500 residents about nitrate contamination in Lower Yakima Valley groundwater as part of a pilot project. The survey aims to collect information on ...