Below are the works cited in the nitrates one-pager. Conservation Practices www.epa.illinois.gov/Assets/iepa/water-quality/watershed-management/nlrs/nlrs-final-revised-083115.pdf BBS symptoms can start at just 5 ppm cfpub.epa.gov/ncer_abstracts/index.cfm/fuseaction/display.highlight/abstract/5379/report/F Nitrates in IL Community Water Systems water.epa.state.il.us/dww/index.jsp Birth Defects and nitrates Brender, J. D., Olive, J. M., Felkner, M., Suarez, L., Marckwardt, W., & Hendricks, K. A. (2004). Dietary nitrates and nitrites, nitrosatable drugs, […]
GROUNDWATER DATA SHOW COAL ASH POLLUTING OUR WATER
March 14, 2018 | Press Release
Prairie Rivers Network (PRN) has analyzed groundwater monitoring data released on March 2, 2018 by Illinois coal-fired power companies and found elevated levels of multiple contaminants, including antimony, arsenic, chromium, lead, and thallium, in exceedance of the Illinois Environmental Protect Agency Class II groundwater standards and/or U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s drinking water standards.
RiverWeb News March 8, 2018
Read our RiverWeb News for March 8, 2018 with stories on Illinois S.B. 2824 and H.B. 5130, Round-up for Good, and more.
Illinois Climate Action Table
February 21, 2018 | Blog Post
PRN Executive Director Carol Hays spoke at the Illinois Climate Action Table event in Chicago on February 19. Here are her remarks.
RiverWeb News February 22, 2018
Read our RiverWeb News for February 22, 2018 with stories on Clean Jobs Coalition, What is Community Solar, and more.