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How pesticides help fuel Iowa’s cancer crisis

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A version of this story first appeared in the Aug. 5 edition of the Iowa Starting Line newsletter. Subscribe to our newsletter to get an exclusive first look at a new story each Tuesday in our The Hot Spot: Investigating Cancer in Iowa series. Don Carpenter remembers when farming looked different. Growing up on his family’s 160-acre dairy farm in Cascade, Iowa, he remembers watching his father apply pesticides for about a month each spring: a se…

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How pesticides help fuel Iowa’s cancer crisis

A version of this story first appeared in the Aug. 5 edition of the Iowa Starting Line newsletter. Subscribe to our newsletter to get an exclusive first look at a new story each Tuesday in our The Hot Spot: Investigating Cancer in Iowa series. Don Carpenter remembers when farming looked different. Growing up on his family’s 160-acre dairy farm in Cascade, Iowa, he remembers watching his father apply pesticides for about a month each spring: a se…

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