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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hassinger, Elaine
Other Authors: Soil, Water & Enviromental Science
Language:en_US
Published: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) 1994
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/156936