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Article: Hot Pockets Draw Attention in Idaho Dairy Water Nitrate Study.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- February 10, 2001
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By Carol Ryan Dumas, The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 10--MAGIC VALLEY, Idaho--Results of a statewide survey on nitrates in Idaho's water burn red when it comes to certain spots in the Magic Valley. Hot pockets found in Cassia and Twin Falls counties and one especially high reading in Blaine county flag something to check into, says the Idaho State Department of Agriculture, which conducted the testing.
The testing -- done in 1999-2000 on 761 of Idaho's 942 dairies -- specifically targeted water quality on dairy operations, but the results are inconclusive.
"We did find that some of the wells over 10 ...