Reducing the Health Impacts of the Nitrogen Problem

Nitrogen is a widely-used, essential input to crop production. In many regions of the United States, nitrogen from farms has leaked into drinking water and caused adverse health impacts. These health impacts include methemoglobinemia, a condition that inhibits the blood’s ability to carry oxygen around the body. This workshop hosted by the Environmental Health Matters Initiative (EHMI) will explore what actions can be taken on several levels to address the nitrogen contamination problem. Download the full agenda here and view the event webpage here.

Workshop sessions will take place every Thursday from 2:30–5:30 PM (ET) from January 28 – February 25, 2021.

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To Join

Each session will be webcast at the session links below in "Program Overview." A reminder on how to view the event webcast will be sent to the email you use to register prior to every session. A recording of each session will be made available following the event.

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Program Overview

• Session I. "What is the nitrogen problem?" on Jan. 28, 2021
• Session II. "What farm-level actions could be taken to address the nitrogen problem?" on Feb. 4, 2021
• Session III. "What landscape-level actions and innovative technologies could be used to address the nitrogen problem?" on Feb. 11, 2021
• Session IV. "What policies and markets could be created to address the nitrogen problem?" on Feb. 18, 2021
• Session V. "Reflection and Synthesis." on Feb. 25, 2021

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Expected Speakers and Panelists

Jenny Ahlen, Environmental Defense Fund; Ana Arias, University of California, Berkeley; Bruno Basso, Michigan State University; Kenneth Cassman, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Craig Cox, Environmental Working Group; Steve Culman, The Ohio State University; Eric Davidson, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science; Kit Franklin, Harper Adams University; Jane Frankenberger, Purdue University; Jim Galloway, University of Virginia; Wendy Graham, University of Florida; Matthew Helmers, Iowa State University; Catherine Kling, Cornell University; Rochelle Krusemark, Krusemark Farms; Greg LaBarge, The Ohio State University; David Lee, Booz Allen Hamilton; Mark Lubell, University of California, Davis; Sean McMahon, Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance; Daniel Nocera, Harvard University; Leah Palm-Forster, University of Delaware; Alejandro Plastina, Iowa State University; Linda Prokopy, Purdue University; Jim Schepers, Agricultural Research Service; Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, The Nature Conservancy; Lisa Schulte-Moore, Iowa State University; Kurt Stephenson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kurt Waldman, Indiana University; Steven Wallander, USDA Economic Research Service; Mary Ward, National Cancer Institute, NIH; Rod Weimer, Fagerberg Farms; Richard Wilkins, Delaware Farm Bureau; Roger Wolf, Iowa Soybean Association; and Xin Zhang, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.

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Contact Us

For more information on the Environmental Health Matters Initiative (EHMI) and to subscribe to our mailing lists, please visit our website.

If you have any questions, please contact Sarah Harper at ehmi@nas.edu.