There is a warning for families living in the Town of Machias about high levels of nitrate being found in the water.

On Thursday, the Hempfield Water Authority advised its customers not to give the water to infants under six months old or use it to make infant formula.

When they react water and a salt called sodium nitrate is produced. Katie: Oh, OK. So, does sodium nitrate have any uses by the way? What is it? Miss Fong: Yes. In industrial settings they're used ...

Norma Torres, a Democratic legislator from Southern California, on a new bill that would amend the federal Safe Drinking Water Act by adding a special focus on nitrate and arsenic pollution in ...

Bacteria commonly utilize nitrate and nitrite as terminal electron acceptors for respiration in the absence of oxygen, or for incorporation in biomass. However, it was only recently described that ...

When they react water and a salt called sodium nitrate is produced. Katie: Oh, OK. So, does sodium nitrate have any uses by the way? What is it? Miss Fong: Yes. In industrial settings they're used ...