The Harrowing Trail of Toxic Nutrients in Farm Country Water
Jacob Peters’s death turns out to be much more than a dreadful heartbreak for a small town, farm country family. His parents, Gary and Shari Peters, documented six more kids in Aurora diagnosed with cancer from 2005 to 2013. Of the seven, including Jacob, Circle of Blue confirmed that five died and two survived.
An investigation by Circle of Blue uncovered compelling evidence for why — agrochemical contamination in Nebraska’s surface, ground, and drinking water.
Research on nitrate is generating limited but compelling evidence of acute and chronic health damage when the chemical is present in drinking water at concentrations above and below the current federal standard of 10 parts per million.
Is Agrochemical Contamination Killing Nebraska’s Children?
The harrowing trail of toxic nutrients in farm country water
Nebraska Agrochemical Contamination Throws Families, Communities, Water Providers into Turmoil
The harrowing trail of toxic nutrients in farm country water