NovaMin, a calcium sodium phosphosilicate formula made by NovaMin Technology, reduced tooth sensitivity more effectively than potassium nitrate in a study published in the August 2010 Journal of the ...

Nitrate concentrations, exacerbated by a wet spring that followed years of dry conditions, reached near record highs in Iowa ...

Investigate the troubling link between farm runoff and water contamination as it affects aquifers across America's heartland.

The drinking water in Pretty Prairie, Kan., population 672, is unsafe to drink due to excessive levels of nitrate from fertilizer runoff. Pregnant and nursing mothers receive free bottled water. This ...

Do only potassium ions pass through the selectivity filter of a potassium channel, or are there water molecules between the ions? This question has been a source of controversy for years. Researchers ...

Potassium nitrate (KNO 3), known historically as saltpeter or the mineral niter, is a common salt with multiple uses. It has been known since antiquity; an early appearance in the chemical literature ...

As Central Iowa Water Works imposes a lawn-watering ban to help ensure member utilities have the capacity to treat high levels of nitrates in their source water, some central Iowans are eyeing the ...

Years of high nitrate levels in Maeystown’s drinking water have pushed the village to abandon treating its own water supply and start buying water from a new source. Federal environmental regulations ...

Corn growers seeking to increase the amount of nitrogen taken up by their crop can adjust many aspects of fertilizer application, but recent studies from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ...