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Headline : Across Farm Country, Fertilizer Pollution Impacts Not Just Health, but Water Costs, Too

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News and commentary about the American food system.

Overuse of fertilizer means nitrates are on the rise in water supplies, and rural areas bear the brunt.

An Illinois farmer fertilizes a field before planting. (Photo credit: Scott Olson, Getty Images)

When Jeff Broberg and his wife, Erica, moved to their 170-acre bean and grain farm in Winona, Minnesota in 1986, their well water measured at 8.6 ppm for nitrates. These nitrogen-based compounds, common in agricultural runoff, are linked to multiple cancers and health issues for those exposed. Each year, the measurement in their water kept creeping up.

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