Nitrates in Your Drinking Water
1 pp. === Infants and certain elderly people are the most susceptible to nitrates found in water. When these individuals drink water or eat foods that contain high levels of nitrates, their blood can lose the ability to effectively carry oxygen. This condition is called methemoglobinemia or blue bab...
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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
1994
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/156936 |