The groundwater that many Nebraskans drink is high in nitrate. Experts fear that those high nitrate levels may make Nebraska children more likely to develop certain pediatric cancers. They also believe that high nitrate poses a variety of potential health risks for adults.

  • Verdant Banana@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    been an issue since farmers started using nitrates and it continues to flow downstream to other states and on out to the Gulf of Mexico

    none of our paid off political leaders give any shits