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Historic Nitrate Levels Still Plague U.S. Rivers [1]

During 1945 to 1980, nitrate levels in large U.S. rivers increased up to fivefold in intensively managed agricultural areas of the Midwest, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey study.

Publication Date: 
30/10/2015
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Water Pollution [3], River Pollution [4], United States Of America (US) [5], Pesticides [6], Chemical Fertilisers [7], Freshwater Ecosystems [8], Fisheries [9]
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