irrigation

Green leafy vegetables irrigated with wastewater may contain high levels of toxic heavy metals

February 11, 2018 -

Posted by Earl Garcia

(Natural News) A study published in the IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology showed that irrigating agricultural fields and green leafy vegetables with wastewater may result in potentially hazardous buildup of heavy metals including copper (Cu), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn), as well as nickel (Ni), chromium (Cr) and cadmium (Cd). “On the survey […]

in: Food, Toxic chemicals, Toxic ingredients, Toxic Water

Engineers have developed a sensor that can be “printed” onto plant leaves to indicate when they need water

November 11, 2017 -

Posted by Jhoanna Robinson

(Natural News) Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed sensors that can be implanted in plant leaves so that it would be easier for humans to identify whether they are in need of water. Michael Strano, the Carbon P. Dubbs professor of chemical engineering at MIT and the senior author of the study, […]

in: Drought, Water Health

Climate change blamed for drying of Great Plains streams, but it’s actually caused by groundwater pumping for irrigation

August 8, 2017 -

Posted by Amy Goodrich

(Natural News) Streams and rivers in Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, and other parts of the central Great Plains are drying up as farmers continue to pump groundwater to irrigate their crops, a new study found. Though climate change often gets blamed for turning creeks into dry riverbeds, the water needed to irrigate one sixth of the […]

in: Climate change, Collapse, Current Events, Drought, Environment, Environment, Water & drought, Water Health