Our Dirty Water: Emails reveal Nebraska leaders cast doubt on nitrate research; former employee says state regulator always on ‘back foot’
In 2022, University of Nebraska Medical Center researchers published a study showing a correlation between rural areas with high levels of nitrate in water and high rates of childhood cancer.
That study drew suspicion from an interesting source: the state’s top drinking water administrator, Sue Dempsey.
In an email to colleagues at the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy, including its the…