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Morrow County water contamination could prompt EPA to intervene

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The EPA is urging Oregon to clean up water contamination from nitrates. Residents have long complained that the pollution is negatively impacting their health. Large-scale livestock and agriculture operations are largely to blame for the contamination. High levels of nitrates can lead to increased heart rate, headaches, stomach cramps.

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Associated Press News

Water contamination in Oregon could prompt EPA to step in

The Environmental Protection Agency is urging Oregon to clean up water contamination from nitrates in the eastern part of the state. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that an EPA regional administrator

1 year ago·United States

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Water contamination in Oregon could prompt EPA to step in

The Environmental Protection Agency is urging Oregon to clean up water contamination from nitrates in the eastern part of the state

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Winnipeg Free Press

Water contamination in Oregon could prompt EPA to step in

BOARDMAN, Ore. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is urging Oregon to clean up water contamination from nitrates in the eastern part of the state, warning it could step in […]

1 year ago·Winnipeg, Canada

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Water contamination in Oregon could prompt EPA to step in

BOARDMAN, Ore. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is urging Oregon to clean up water contamination from nitrates in the eastern part of the state, warning it could step in under the Safe Drinking Water Act in the absence of sufficient local action. It’s been three decades since state agencies first noted high levels of nitrate contamination in the groundwater in Morrow and Umatilla counties, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported, and resid…

1 year ago·Tacoma, United States

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