Cancer in the Corn Belt is an ongoing series exposing evidence that Iowa’s industrial agriculture is fueling a public health crisis: soaring cancer rates and heightened risks for babies and pregnant women.
From new science to the stories of struggling families, the series highlights environmental causes, lax regulation and calls for bold reforms in America’s Heartland.
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TNL Editor-in-Chief Carey Gillam presented research on pesticide regulation and farm chemical impacts to the Iowa group Jefferson County Farmers & Neighbors in a recent webinar titled Cancer, CAFOS and Corporations -How Regulatory Corruption Affects All of Us.