Millions of tons of nitrate from industrial farming find their way into America's drinking water each year -- causing nearly 12,600 cases of cancer a year, a new report says.
In a new report, researchers from the Environmental Working Group quantify the risk. They say nitrate is responsible for nearly 12,600 cases of cancer a year.table used by drinking water utilities," said Sydney Evans, a science analyst at EWG.
"An immediate response is warranted, so that we are not poisoning our water to produce our food," said Dr. David Katz, director of the Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center in New Haven, Conn. Katz said that although the study has limitations, it makes a compelling case that nitrates from what he described as"agriculture as usual" in the United States are"imposing grave costs measured in both lives and dollars."
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