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North Dakota Makes Improvements For Air Pollution

North Dakota received an A in Ozone Pollution.

NORTH DAKOTA – Every year, the American Lung Association puts out its “State of the Air” report that tracks Americans’ exposure to unhealthy levels of ozone and particle pollution. After three consecutive years of receiving failing grades for particle pollution, the state was able to turn the F’s into C’s and D’s. The organization says that vehicle exhaust has emerged…

Traces of Bromate Found in City of Fargo Water

this is the first time Fargo's water treatment plant has had this happen

FARGO, N.D. — Fargo’s Water Treatment plant found traces of bromate in the water supply back in December. This is the first time the city has found an above average trace of bromate in the water, which is a contaminate. It forms when ozone, a chemical used to disinfect drinking water, reacts with the naturally occurring bromide chemical already found in…