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Tractor spraying soybean crops field at spring season, often using herbicides, which may leech through the soil into water sources below and possibly end up in human or animal drinking water.

New report links nitrate in drinking water to birth defects

High levels of nitrates, atrazine and arsenic in drinking water linked in a new U.S. study to birth defects such as cleft palate, cleft lip and limb deficiencies underlines urgent need for more research into tap water quality around the world, says Bluewater, a global leader in residential water purifying technologies and solutions.