The tap water of over 60 million Americans has alarming levels of nitrates linked to cancer and other health harms, a new ...

Around 1 in 5 Americans may have been exposed to a tasteless compound that is linked to multiple cancers in their tap water, according to a new study. Invisible and odorless, nitrates at low ...

A new analysis from the Environmental Working Group warns that more than 62 million Americans — about one in five — may be ...

Nitrates in food have long been associated with negative health consequences, putting many of us on high alert when we see food products with added nitrates, like processed meats. But there’s actually ...

This could be especially problematic for small communities without the infrastructure to filter nitrates.

Reverse Osmosis water filtration systems have skyrocketed in popularity, and experts say it all started last summer following ...

Nitrates – widely used preservatives – are found in a variety of foods. Are they good or bad? After all, they can form nitrosamines, recognized carcinogens. A new study uses the metaphor of Dr. Jekyll ...

DODGE COUNTY, Minn. — Scott Glarner grew up around nitrates. The Dodge Center man, 61, lived his first 50 years on a family farm about a mile north of Berne, Minnesota, on Dodge County Road B — what ...

These days, it seems like there are plenty of things to worry about when it comes to our food. Sugar, trans fat, pesticides…the list of what can do us harm goes on too long. For many people, that list ...

Share on Pinterest Nitrates and nitrites can be found in processed meats but also in vegetables and other foods. Dejan Beokovic/Stocksy Nitrates and nitrites are found naturally in soil and water.