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June 22, 2026

Environmental Justice Advocates Deliver Scientific Review Linking Nitrate Contamination to Cancer and Economic Hardship on Low-income Families, Urging State Water Board to Set Fertilizer Limits

Salinas, CA — Recently, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (“CRLA”) and a coalition of environmental justice leaders and advocates (“the Coalition”) delivered a scientific literature review to the State Water Resources Control Board (“State Water Board”) on the health and economic risks of nitrate-contaminated drinking water for communities across California. The groups are urging the State Water Board to act quickly and require Regional Water Boards to adopt enforceable limits on fertilizer to address the growing public health crisis.

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