Not directly related to ethanol, but a troubling scenario for water quality: sentientmedia.org/meat-process...

Meat Processing Plant Complaint Highlights Supply Chain Disruptions — And How the Meat Industry Isn’t Prepared

Chicken offal temporarily stored outside the Iowa Agri Star facility prompted a state inspection.

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The first step in cleaning up the water in the USA Midwest and beyond is to reduce the demand for ethanol. You can contribute by using only pure gas en your car. boycottcornethanol.com

Chris Jones@theswinerepublic.bsky.social · 8mo ago

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NPDES permits were created as part of the Clean Water Act to regulate wastewater discharges from “point source” facilities, but, in Iowa, fewer than 4% of CAFOs have them. buff.ly/ZyUUfnb

Iowa Food Companies Routinely Violate Water Pollution Permits — and Rarely Face Penalties

Sentient’s analysis finds 38 different agricultural companies were cited for noncompliance with NPDES permits, and only one was fined.

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At what cost? While #Iowa's rivers are polluted with record levels of unhealthy nitrates. Elect water scientist Chris Jones @theswinerepublic.bsky.social as your Secretary of Agriculture and get this fixed for ALL Iowans. qctimes.com/news/state-r...

Iowa farmers set record for corn production, soybean yield in 2025

The 2025 crop production annual summary was released by the United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service on Monday.

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New post: Adam Shriver responds to an Iowa Republican senator's claim that residents of the Netherlands aren't concerned about nitrates in their drinking water. www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/01/21/r...

Responding to Senator Ken Rozenboom's comments on nitrates

Adam Shriver responds to an Iowa GOP senator's claim that residents of the Netherlands aren't concerned about nitrates in drinking water.

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The water sources for cities like Early, Iowa have become more polluted with nitrates over the years, largely thanks to runoff from manure or synthetic fertilizer that has been over-applied to agricultural fields. @ninaelkadi.com reports:

What Does a Small Town Do When the Water Is Undrinkable?

Nitrate pollution is straining small water facilities in Iowa, even when they have advanced filtration systems.

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for extra extra nutrients like nitrates, fertilizer, pesticides and proteins from livestock shit open your startup in Iowa. You'll be Oprah rich in no time YOU GET A CANCER👈 YOU GET A CANCER ☝️AND YOU GET A CANCER👉

More than a year after four Oregon agencies released a plan to reduce a decades-long nitrate problem in Eastern Oregon, a lot of work remains, according to the state’s first progress report. Overexposure to nitrates is especially harmful to infants and is linked to cancers and thyroid disease.

Critics say Eastern Oregon nitrates report shows more progress on policies than pollution

More than a year ago, state agencies released a plan that mapped out how they would clean up a decades-long nitrates pollution problem in Eastern Oregon. The first progress report is now out.

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If she was really serious about Iowa cancer rates, she'd be looking at big AG putting nitrates in our drinking water and the hexvalent chromium they found downriver in Van Meter last summer.

Iowa Capital Dispatch@iowacapitaldispatch.com · 9mo ago

Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Thursday she was introducing legislation aimed at addressing Iowa's high cancer rates, including increased taxes on tobacco products and a new tax on consumable hemp and vape products, Robin Opsahl reports.

This is the price our bays & estuaries pays for agricultural nitrogen pollution. These measures treat the symptom, they don't address the source. This is what the nitrates derogation exacerbates. Is this worth celebrating? Is it a price we're willing to pay? www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

Cork council to carry out pilot project to prevent infestation of sea lettuce on the coast

The project will place oysters and mussel bags in the water to remove nitrates and reduce the nutrition sea lettuce depends on to thrive

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Environment Southland maps an increase in nitrate-containing groundwater & points the finger largely at a rise in intensive farming, notably dairy. Any level above 3.5mg/L was indicative of "serious degradation of environmental health let alone public health". www.odt.co.nz/southland/ni...

Because you really need to know how nitrates in Iowa’s drinking water are driving a statewide cancer crisis and why solving the problem requires more democracy. By agricultural engineer and former local elected official, Kamyar Enshayan. @sehnetwork.bsky.social www.sehn.org/sehn/2026/2/...

Nitrates in our Iowa Water: Practicing Democracy is the Path to Change — The Science and Environmental Health Network

by Kamyar Enshayan The local community—the city, county, and schools—are the fundamental units of decision making and democracy. Sure, state and federal levels of governance are very important ...

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Our website is live! Go to boycottcornethanol.org There you can read about why everyone should skip the ethanol gas pumps to help protect water quality in the Midwest USA and beyond.