‘Cancer is just everywhere’: could farming be behind Iowa’s unfolding health crisis?
www.theguardian.com
A new study investigates possible ties to pesticides, nitrates and other farm-related risks
  • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
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    3 hours ago

    I guess covering large percent of state with fertilizer and pesticide has a price

    Good thing the residents are willing to pay it!

  • BigMacHole@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    271·
    20 hours ago

    Red State Iowa? Have they tried making it ILLEGAL to Mention Cancer while Giving Cancer Causing Corporations MORE Tax Dollars? That MIGHT Work!

  • Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    4·
    15 hours ago

    Looking for a house recently, the three automatic killers for a house? Golf course, in ground pool, and industrial farm near by.

  • BubblyRomeo@kbin.earth
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    19 hours ago

    I don’t know about the link of pesticides and nitrates to cancer but they sure cause renal failure. Over where I live there’s a area which has TONS of kidney failure patients all due to high amounts of pesticides, insecticides and nitrates used for farming in that area by greedy farmers. Also, the water over there is super polluted on top of being super salty.

  • skozzii@lemmy.caEnglish
    10·
    20 hours ago

    With all the Trump essential service cuts we will never know…

    No regulation, no investigation, no problems…

  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    So it’s a study that hasn’t happened yet, and is also looking at the high levels of radon and alcohol use in the state. But farmers bad, amirite?