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Environmentalists, outdoor recreation enthusiasts and neighbors of a large feedlot in Clayton County have raised concerns in recent years about such a big CAFO in the driftless region.
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is two years into a three-year study testing the state's public water supply systems for manganese, a metal that can contaminate drinking water. So far, it has found concentrations of manganese above an EPA advisory in 26 public water systems.
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One Iowan woman won't stop her long-distance swimming until she gets the crown.
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The Iowa tornado outbreak didn't result in any fatalities or serious injuries. On this edition of River to River, a harrowing story from one Lake City resident who was in the twister's path.
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A newly-published analysis has found that Iowa communities whose drinking water is contaminated with nitrate are more likely to be lower income. The study by the Environmental Working Group found that among the areas with the highest rates of nitrate pollution, 85 percent are considered lower income.
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Iowa’s cities have scored a decisive victory in a long-running legal battle between urban and rural interests over the delivery of water to undeveloped areas of the state.
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University of Iowa researchers have found unsafe levels of lead in the drinking water of some Iowa schools, but it’s unclear how deep this problem goes.
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Listen back to favorite conversations from our archives about science
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A new analysis of drinking water systems shows communities in five Midwest states have legal but potentially worrying levels of nitrates. The…
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Let’s hop in the time machine, going back, way back, to a time before humans – traveling about three billion years to when Earth was a “water world."On…