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A family of chemically stable forms of inorganic nitrogen, which are formed as part of the natural breakdown of organic matter. Nitrates are ingested in vegetables and absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract; an estimated 25% of absorbed nitrates are released into the saliva, 20% of which are converted into nitrites. Nitrates are manufactured for use as fertilisers and explosives and tend to accumulate in the environment, as the uptake of nitrates by plants is relatively slow.

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Both nitrites and nitrates are naturally occurring inorganic compoundsmade up of nitrogen and oxygen.

Are nitrates in your food bad for you?

30 participants (16 in the nitrate group and 14 in the placebo group) also provided samples for oral microbiome community profiling at baseline and after 6 weeks of intervention.

Dietary nitrate supplementation and effect on vascular function

The latest figures submitted by Germany in 2012 and several recent reports from the German authorities show worsening nitrate pollution in groundwater and surface waters, including the Baltic Sea.

Belgium : Water: Commission refers GERMANY to the Court of Justice of the EU over water pollution caused by nitrates

Vegetarian diets, which have been shown to be healthy, contain about four times more nitrates than a conventional diet.

Putting nitrates into perspective

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Determining nitrate and nitrite content in beverages, fruits, vegetables, and stews marketed in Arak, Iran

Their results indicate that winter rye crops seeded in not-ill corn/soybean systems when the cash crops were mature have the potential to reduce annual nitrate loss in field drainage by about 43 percent, or by 18 pounds per acre.

Modeling nutrient loss from Midwest crop fields

Effectof oral intake of nitrates on reproductive functions of bulls.

EVALUATION OF THE PROTECTIVE EFFECT OFASCORBIC ACIDAND/OR THYYMOQUINONE ON NITRATE TOXICITY IN RABBITS

Once nitrates get into the groundwater, the greatest concerns are for infants less than one year old and for young or pregnant animals.

Accumulation of nitrates in leafy veggies and impact on environment

This is why the Commission highlighted - in the Blueprint to safeguard Europe's waters' from 2012 - COM(2012)673 - that the Nitrates Directive (91/676/EEC) is still one of the key measures needed to achieve the WFD targets.

ENVIRONMENT : NITRATE POLLUTION OF WATER STILL A THREAT - REPORT

In recent years, the level of nitrogen in soils is much higher than necessary so the excess nitrate easily filters and reaches the aquifer; plants absorb more nitrates than necessary accumulating larger amounts of nitrates than usual.

Nitrates in Spanish waters: natural mineral water and tap water

In addition to calculating average nitrate levels, we used nitrate MCL violation data from PICME to verify whether CWSs with high nitrates did in fact receive violations, and to run a sensitivity analysis on PEP data.

Social disparities in Nitrate-Contaminated Drinking Water in California's San Joaquin Valley

The new Swedish study has suggested that after eating leafy green vegetables, a source of inorganic nitrate, healthy people showcase increased efficiency of the mitochondria that power our cells.