Medically reviewed by Elizabeth Barnes, RDNMedically reviewed by Elizabeth Barnes, RDN Sodium nitrate is a compound found in the body, water, and certain foods. It's also a food preservative commonly ...

June 11 (UPI) --Nitrate pollution has polluted drinking water around the United States, which may lead to more than 12,500 cases of cancer each year, a new study says. Treating cancer caused by the ...

Over the past several weeks, nitrate levels in the Des Moines metro's drinking water have been a hot topic of discussion. A lawn watering ban that was implemented June 12 prompted rumors of a ...

Greater daily exposure to nitrites in food and water may increase the risk for type 2 diabetes, French researchers reported. Compared with those in the lowest tertile of total nitrite exposure (mean 3 ...