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Climate Change

IOWA’S TOXIC BREW: Coping with the climate-chemical reaction that can play havoc with drinking water

By Mark Schapiro, for Public Health Watch and the Investigative Reporting Workshop | December 14, 2021

In Iowa, drought — which is devastating to farmers — is intertwined with the flow of nitrogen — which is devastating to ecosystems and human health.

Climate Change

Fertilizer washes off Midwest farm fields and taints communities’ drinking water, poisons Gulf of Mexico

By Ignacio Calderon, USA TODAY Network Agricultural Data Fellow, Investigate Midwest | November 30, 2021

As rainfall events become more intense and frequent, fertilizers applied to Midwestern farmland wash away, contaminating waterways near and far.

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