WE ASK GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO PROVIDE ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT NITRATE AND WATER

In January a government official made a public presentation in which a number of statements were made about the sources of nitrate in ground and surface water as well as its health risks. It is understandable for activists to claim nitrates are an “acute contaminant” with very severe and established health risks even though such statements conflict with current science. It is not appropriate for government officials to misrepresent science studies or make claims about health risks in conflict with current science.

This document is provided to help set the record straight. As we communicated to the agency involved, if our interpretation and understanding of the current science is incorrect, we are eager and willing to discuss this and learn where we are in error.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

University of Nebraska-Lincoln
​Scientific review and consensus on nitrate and human health

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NRCS Critique of EPA “Science Report”

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Yakama Nation critique of Ecology/EPA “science” report

Sample: While large dairy and livestock operations present a significant potential for groundwater contamination, the current study does not provide the level of scientific proof that I believe is needed to implicate individual operators. The one inch soils samples, for example, are an extremely weak circumstantial link to groundwater contamination, because they do not reflect the nitrate component lost from the root zone by leaching…. I fully support the efforts of the Washington State Department of Ecology and the EPA in undertaking the issue of ground water contamination in the lower valley. Unfortunately I cannot entirely support the inferences derived from this study.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

OVERLOOKED IN EPA STUDY: LARGE NATURAL CONCENTRATIONS OF NITRATE IN DESERT