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'Safe' fertilizer linked to extreme water quality loss in Canadian Prairies
- April 15, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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Research published in Nature Water found that widespread application of the common farm fertilizer, urea, severely degrades water quality in the Canadian Prairies. Researchers at the University of Manitoba and the University of Regina added urea to farm ponds to simulate the effects of agricultural fertilization in the southern Prairies.
Originally published at Phys.org