{"id":36600,"date":"2026-04-24T08:42:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/?p=36600"},"modified":"2026-05-04T12:55:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T17:55:33","slug":"study-finds-nitrate-contamination-in-water-systems-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/study-finds-nitrate-contamination-in-water-systems-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"Estudio detecta contaminaci\u00f3n por nitrato en sistemas de agua potable del pa\u00eds"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"holaa-988177962\" class=\"holaa-before-content holaa-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesperformingarts.org\/whats-on\/events\/2025-26\/broadway\/wicked?utm_source=HolaIowa&#038;utm_medium=DigitalAds&#038;utm_campaign=July26\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"728&#215;90\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/728x90.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/728x90.jpg 728w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/728x90-300x37.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/728x90-696x86.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/><p><b>Por <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/nebraskaexaminer.com\/author\/kevin-hardy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Kevin Hardy<\/b><\/a><b>, Stateline<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Casi una quinta parte de los estadounidenses dependi\u00f3 en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os de sistemas de agua potable con niveles elevados y potencialmente peligrosos de nitrato, seg\u00fan un nuevo estudio publicado el jueves.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-45067870\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles-2 holaa-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aap.org\/en\/patient-care\/lead-exposure\/lead-exposure-in-children\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Web Ad July #1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-1024x256.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-1536x384.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-2048x512.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-696x174.jpg 696w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-1068x267.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-1920x480.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" width=\"600\" height=\"640\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La organizaci\u00f3n sin fines de lucro Environmental Working Group examin\u00f3 resultados de pruebas recopilados por sistemas de agua de todo el pa\u00eds entre 2021 y 2023, la informaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s reciente disponible. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los sistemas de agua que abastecen a m\u00e1s de 3 millones de personas superaron durante esos tres a\u00f1os el l\u00edmite federal de seguridad de 10 miligramos por litro, encontr\u00f3 la organizaci\u00f3n de investigaci\u00f3n y defensa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewg.org\/research\/drinking-water-almost-1-5-americans-contains-nitrates-linked-cancer-and-birth-defects?auHash=HdoShzUzpBwuImoItYBkKxNYBPhm353iy4k8EebzxHU#Climate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El an\u00e1lisis <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tambi\u00e9n hall\u00f3 que miles de sistemas de agua que abastecen a m\u00e1s de 62 millones de personas reportaron niveles de nitrato superiores a 3 miligramos por litro al menos una vez durante esos a\u00f1os, lo que indica contaminaci\u00f3n del agua potable causada por actividad humana. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cada vez m\u00e1s investigadores cuestionan si el umbral federal deber\u00eda reducirse, a medida que m\u00e1s estudios encuentran v\u00ednculos entre el consumo de nitrato, incluso en niveles bajos, y el <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/33138742\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">c\u00e1ncer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> y los <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC6710151\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">defectos cong\u00e9nitos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. La ley federal limita los <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/mn\/what-nitrate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">niveles de nitrato<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> en el agua potable por su asociaci\u00f3n con el s\u00edndrome del beb\u00e9 azul. <\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-1034214174\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles holaa-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/forms\/sign-up-for-progress-iowas-high-five\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" aria-label=\"H5 Spanish 300 x 250 Progress Iowa\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H5-Spanish-300-x-250-Progress-Iowa.png\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El nitrato es un componente natural del suelo, pero se ha convertido en un problema creciente para los sistemas de agua potable debido al uso de fertilizantes nitrogenados en la agricultura y a la escorrent\u00eda de esti\u00e9rcol rico en nitr\u00f3geno proveniente de operaciones ganaderas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los estados con grandes industrias agr\u00edcolas registraron m\u00e1s reportes de niveles elevados de nitrato. De hecho, el informe encontr\u00f3 que 64% de todos los sistemas de agua que registraron niveles de nitrato iguales o superiores al l\u00edmite legal se encontraban en solo cinco estados: California, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska y Oklahoma. <\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-277562396\" class=\"holaa-content holaa-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesperformingarts.org\/whats-on\/events\/2025-26\/broadway\/wicked?utm_source=HolaIowa&#038;utm_medium=DigitalAds&#038;utm_campaign=July26\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"300&#215;250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sin embargo, Anne Schechinger, directora s\u00e9nior de investigaci\u00f3n agr\u00edcola y clim\u00e1tica de la organizaci\u00f3n y autora del informe, dijo que el problema afecta tanto a zonas urbanas como rurales.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMucha gente cree que este es un problema exclusivamente rural, de pueblos peque\u00f1os cerca de granjas. Pero con este an\u00e1lisis encontramos que no es as\u00ed\u201d, dijo a Stateline. \u201cPor la forma en que funcionan las cuencas hidrogr\u00e1ficas, una persona puede vivir muy lejos de una granja y aun as\u00ed beber agua contaminada con nitrato\u201d.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-3797101715\" class=\"holaa-after-content holaa-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.auditor.iowa.gov\/about-us\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" aria-label=\"Davenport MBS26007_Spanish Fund for States Ads 300x250_F\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F-1024x854.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F-696x580.jpg 696w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F-1068x890.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El an\u00e1lisis se basa en registros obtenidos de sistemas p\u00fablicos de agua potable en todos los estados excepto New Hampshire, donde no se proporcionaron datos, dijo. Adem\u00e1s de su informe, Environmental Working Group cre\u00f3 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ewg.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/instant\/basic\/index.html?appid=07f5f4b2880c485b993715d33a11c066\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">un mapa<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> que muestra sistemas comunitarios de agua con niveles elevados de nitrato en todo el pa\u00eds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Los niveles elevados de nitrato han sido un desaf\u00edo durante a\u00f1os para los proveedores de agua en todo el pa\u00eds. No solo resulta costoso retirarlo de los suministros de agua potable, sino que los niveles de nitrato pueden variar seg\u00fan la temporada, ya que las lluvias intensas pueden arrastrar r\u00e1pidamente restos de fertilizante o esti\u00e9rcol hacia arroyos y r\u00edos. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El a\u00f1o pasado, el mayor proveedor de agua de Iowa <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/stateline.org\/2025\/07\/10\/ag-fertilizer-runoff-likely-will-force-more-drinking-water-restrictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pidi\u00f3 a los residentes que evitaran<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> regar el c\u00e9sped, llenar piscinas y lavar autom\u00f3viles mientras su sistema de eliminaci\u00f3n de nitrato no daba abasto ante los niveles elevados. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Des Moines cuenta con uno de los sistemas de eliminaci\u00f3n de nitrato m\u00e1s grandes del mundo, cuya operaci\u00f3n cuesta alrededor de $16,000 al d\u00eda, dijeron funcionarios. Comunidades m\u00e1s peque\u00f1as que dependen de agua subterr\u00e1nea se han visto obligadas a perforar pozos m\u00e1s profundos, dijo Schechinger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El cambio clim\u00e1tico est\u00e1 agravando a\u00fan m\u00e1s el problema: la agricultura es una fuente importante de emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero. Las lluvias intensas y las sequ\u00edas prolongadas asociadas con fen\u00f3menos meteorol\u00f3gicos m\u00e1s extremos empeoran la escorrent\u00eda de nitrato hacia lagos, r\u00edos y aguas subterr\u00e1neas. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSabemos que esas condiciones clim\u00e1ticas van a empeorar este problema\u201d, dijo Schechinger. \u201cY eso probablemente nos costar\u00e1 m\u00e1s a todos y tambi\u00e9n generar\u00e1 m\u00e1s preocupaciones para nuestra salud\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Mantente al tanto de las historias que importan \u2014 visita <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/\"><b>HolaAmericaNews.com<\/b><\/a><b> para conocer las \u00faltimas noticias, cultura y novedades de la comunidad.<\/b><b><\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"holaa-3797101715\" class=\"holaa-after-content holaa-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.auditor.iowa.gov\/about-us\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" aria-label=\"Davenport MBS26007_Spanish Fund for States Ads 300x250_F\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F-1024x854.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F-696x580.jpg 696w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Davenport-MBS26007_Spanish-Fund-for-States-Ads-300x250_F-1068x890.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Por Kevin Hardy, Stateline Casi una quinta parte de los estadounidenses dependi\u00f3 en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os de sistemas de agua potable con niveles elevados y potencialmente peligrosos de nitrato, seg\u00fan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":36601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,14,61,11],"tags":[3014],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"es","enabled_languages":["en","es"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"es":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - 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