Experts raise alarm after discovering mysterious rise of cancer among young adults in US region: 'I'm 29, but I feel 78 inside'

Experts raise alarm after discovering mysterious rise of cancer among young adults in US region: 'I'm 29, but I feel 78 inside'

Young people in Iowa and other major corn-producing states are receiving cancer diagnoses at higher frequencies than Americans elsewhere, reported the Washington Post. What's happening? At the start of the 2000s, Iowa held the 18th spot nationally for cancer rates in people under 50. Now, the state ranks fifth. The nation's top six corn-producing states (Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Illinois, and Indiana) now have cancer rates 5% above the…