‘In Every Room, Every Hand Would Go Up’: Panelists Discuss Cancer, Pesticides and Environmental Risks

‘In Every Room, Every Hand Would Go Up’: Panelists Discuss Cancer, Pesticides and Environmental Risks

By Lauren Cross, Investigate Midwest, Investigate Midwest Rising cancer rates in Iowa and other farming states are becoming impossible for communities to ignore, experts said on Thursday. During an Investigate Midwest panel discussion on pesticides and public health, speakers pointed to growing concern over environmental exposures tied to industrial agriculture, including pesticides, nitrate contamination, PFAS and radon. Watch the panel on You…