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Reducing the Health Impacts of the Nitrogen Problem: An Environmental Health Matters Initiative Workshop

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Nitrogen is a widely-used, essential input to crop production. In many regions of the United States, nitrogen from farms has leaked into drinking water and caused adverse health impacts. These health impacts include methemoglobinemia, a condition that inhibits the blood’s ability to carry oxygen around the body. This workshop hosted by the Environmental Health Matters Initiative (EHMI) explored what actions can be taken on several levels to address the nitrogen contamination problem.

Workshop sessions took place every Thursday from 2:30–5:30 PM (ET) from January 28 – February 25, 2021. Download the agenda here.

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Events

Reducing the Health Impacts of the Nitrogen Problem: Reflection and Synthesis (Workshop Session #5)

  • February 25, 2021
  • 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM (EST)
  • Workshop
  • Past

This fifth and final session of this workshop focused on synthesizing the discussions from the previous four sessions. Nitrogen is a widely-used, essential input to crop production. In many regions o...

Reducing the Health Impacts of the Nitrogen Problem: Policies and Markets (Workshop Session #4)

  • February 18, 2021
  • 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM (EST)
  • Workshop
  • Past

This fourth session of the workshop focused on answering the following question: “What policies and markets could be created to address the nitrogen problem?” Nitrogen is a widely-used, essential inpu...

Reducing the Health Impacts of the Nitrogen Problem: Landscape-Level Actions (Workshop Session #3)

  • February 11, 2021
  • 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM (EST)
  • Workshop
  • Past

This third session of the workshop focused on answering the following question: “What landscape-level actions and innovative technologies could be used to address the nitrogen problem?” Nitrogen is a...

Reducing the Health Impacts of the Nitrogen Problem: Farm-Level Actions (Workshop Session #2)

  • February 4, 2021
  • 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM (EST)
  • Workshop
  • Past

This second session of the workshop focused on answering the following question: “What farm-level actions could be taken to address the nitrogen problem?” Nitrogen is a widely-used, essential input t...

Reducing the Health Impacts of the Nitrogen Problem: Defining the Problem (Workshop Session #1)

  • January 28, 2021
  • 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM (EST)
  • Workshop
  • Past

This first session of the workshop focused on answering the following question: “What is the nitrogen problem?” Nitrogen is a widely-used, essential input to crop production. In many regions of the U...
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