Bacon gets the cancer warning. Spinach gets the nutrition label. Both are loaded with nitrates and nitrites, the same family ...

Drinking nitrate-rich beetroot juice may do more than support heart health — it could actually reshape the bacteria living in the mouth in ways that help lower blood pressure in older adults. In the ...

Sentient reports nearly 20% of Americans are drinking nitrate-contaminated water, which poses serious health risks linked to ...

With the rapid development of industry and urbanization, aquatic systems have been polluted with a variety of contaminants, including persistent organic pollutants. When present, contaminants in an ...

New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) and the Danish Cancer Research Institute (DCRI) investigated the association between the intake of nitrate and nitrite from a wide range of different ...

Thisura Ilukgoda Gedara, a Kansas State University graduate student, samples water from a family’s well in Pratt County, Kansas, in 2024. Nitrate pollution, mostly from chemical fertilizer, has become ...

INVESTIGATION. GREW UP IN THE COUNTY. THREE ALMONDS, GRAPES AT ONE TIME, ALMONDS ALL AROUND. NOW MARTHA LLORENS LIVES IN THE SHADE OF ALMOND TREES IN THE HOUSE WHERE SHE GREW UP. IT WAS NICE BACK THEN ...

Homeostasis is a fundamental process through which the body maintains a dynamic equilibrium by regulating its internal environment using physiological mechanisms and feedback loops. It is essential ...

Recent studies show that nitrate and nitrite are physiologically recycled in blood and tissue to form NO and other bioactive nitrogen oxides. Thus, they should be viewed as storage pools for NO-like ...

If you eat processed meats and read nutrition labels, you’ve probably seen lots of bacon, sausage, and cold cuts on store shelves that claim to be free of added nitrates and nitrites. These ...