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‘Cancer is just everywhere’: could farming be behind Iowa’s unfolding health crisis? Iowa has the second-highest rate of cancer in the US. (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 27 points 3 days ago

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

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

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

No regulation, no investigation, no problems....

[–] BubblyRomeo@kbin.earth 10 points 3 days 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.

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

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

[–] kcuf@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why in ground pool?

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Cost vs use, plus insurance cost and lose of yard

[–] kcuf@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Oh. Nothing related to cancer risk, got it

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

industrial anything plant.

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago

100% true but farms dump a shit load of chemicals into the ground. People never think about that. Concrete or plastic factory is a no brainer.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days 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?

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 1 points 3 days ago

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

Good thing the residents are willing to pay it!