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Reducing American Exposure to Nitrate, Nitrite, and Nitroso Compounds: The National Network to Prevent Birth Defects Proposals

This paper reviews the scientific literature on nitrates, concluding that there is inadequate evidence linking nitrate or nitrite ingestion to birth defects or to stomach cancer. Author: Charles A. Black, Iowa State University, Ames. CC1989-1, June 1989, 16 pp., Available free online and in print (fee for shipping/handling).