Children are paying the costs for Iowa's "drinking water crisis"

Children are paying the costs for Iowa's "drinking water crisis"

(This column was first published by the Iowa Environmental Council.) (Jason Semprini, assistant professor of Public Health at Des Moines University.) By Jason Semprini Iowa is currently facing an unprecedented drinking water crisis. Recent reports indicate alarming nitrate levels in the Raccoon River; so high that city officials enacted emergency measures such as lawn water bans, to ensure water treatment facilities could comply with regulatory …