Nitrate groundwater contamination in Morrow and Yumatilla Counties in Oregon
has been getting worse over the past three decades. The state’s
effort to regulate and fine the polluters has not worked.
Nitrogen exposure may cause a number of health impacts, including colorectal
cancer, kidney cancer, miscarriages, birth defects and anemia. Polluted
wells also decreases property values. The polluters at the Port of Morrow,
as well as Lamb & Weston and others, have knowingly sold their contaminated
their wastewater discharge for years to area farmers, in violation of
their discharge permits. The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)
has described the Port’s conduct as “reckless.”
We are investigating legal actions against the parties responsible for
health impacts and property damage arising from the nitrogen contaminated
groundwater in Boardman, Irrigon and regions drawing from the contaminated aquifer.
Articles
See articles discussing nitrates contaminating the groundwater by clicking
here.
Hot Spots
For maps showing contaminated hot spots, click
here.
Medical
For medical articles discussing the impacts of nitrates in groundwater, click
here.
Samples
View recent private well samples in Boardman, Oregon by clicking
here.