A: Probably not, though itâs hard to know for sure. Hexane is a volatile solvent thatâs used, with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, to extract oil from soybeans (as well as from nuts and olives).
Agriculture uses about 80 percent of Californiaâs. developed water supply. As such a large. user, it is heavily impacted by the availability. and reliability of Californiaâs water resources. Agriculture can also play an important role in. helping the state achieve a more sustainable. water future.
This clean, potable water is then used for cooking, drinking, cleaning, bathing, watering our lawns and so forth. Approximately 43 million (or 15 percent) of Americans rely on their own private drinking water supplies from groundwater wells.