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Treated Wastewater May Be the Irrigation Wave of the Future

July 21, 2020 Scott Elliott, Agricultural Research Service Office of Communications

Approximately one-half of 1% of the planet’s water is drinkable, and we use that water for much more than drinking – showering, brushing our teeth, watering our grass, etc. Consumer usage, however, pales in comparison to the amount of water needed to irrigate our crops.

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Flushed Away...Probing For Antibiotic Presence in Our Food Supply

February 17, 2017 Dennis O'Brien, Public Affairs Specialist, Agricultural Research Service

It’s a question with major public-health implications: Could antibiotics and other widely used medications get into our food supply when they are flushed into our sewers? To try to answer that question, researchers from USDA and Penn State University (PSU) assessed whether some commonly used...

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