Agricultural pollutants threaten world's water?
Story Date: 6/22/2018

 

Source: MORNING AG CLIPS, 6/20/18

Water pollution from unsustainable agricultural practices poses a serious risk to human health and the planet’s ecosystems, a problem often underestimated by policymakers and farmers alike, cautions a new report. In many countries the biggest source of water pollution today is agriculture — not cities or industry — while worldwide, the most common chemical contaminant found in groundwater aquifers is nitrate from farming...

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