Main TitleFacts: Nitrate and Nitrite in Drinking Water
PublisherNew Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Consumer and Environmental Health Services, Division of Epidemiology, Environmental and Occupational Health
Date Created1997-08-01
Subject (Geographic - Hierarchical) Country: United States State: New Jersey County: NA
Subject (Topical)chemicals; human health; water; water quality; drinking water; nitrate; nitrite
DescriptionThis pamphlet discusses how nitrate and nitrite, related nitrogen compounds that occur naturally in soil, water, plants, and food, can get into drinking water. The pamphlet discusses the negative health effects of high exposure to nitrate and nitrite and what the public can do to minimize exposure to these chemicals.
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