Environmental groups petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, saying nitrate in the groundwater in southeast Minnesota’s karst region largely from fertilizer and manure applied to crop land poses an imminent danger to human health.
Some environmental groups say nitrate contamination has reached the point of a public health emergency, and they want the federal government to step in.
Some environmental groups say nitrate contamination has reached the point of a public health emergency, and they want the federal government to step in.
In a petition filed in April, environmental groups asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to use its emergency powers under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act to intervene in what they call an “imminent and substantial endangerment to human health.”