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Iowa faces a reckoning over water quality and cancer rates in midterm campaigns
Sand wants a task force and more research as state-funded studies say 25% of Iowa’s cancer-rate increase remains unexplained.
- Ahead of their scheduled debate tomorrow in Sioux City, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand and Republican candidate Zach Lahn have prioritized Iowa's rising cancer rates and water quality in their campaigns.
- Iowa currently holds the nation's second-highest rate of newly diagnosed cancers, prompting researchers to investigate environmental factors including nitrate levels that Federal regulations limit to 10 milligrams per liter.
- Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and lawmakers committed $320 million in May for water infrastructure and conservation projects, though critics argue voluntary farming practices remain insufficient to address runoff pollution.
- Endorsed by MAHA Action, Lahn has diverged from Republican peers by directly linking agrochemicals to the state's cancer crisis, though he calls them "tools in the tool chest."
- Sand advocates for regional cancer treatment agreements and proposes Iowa adopt Nebraska's $4.5 million annual pediatric research investment to improve treatment access for families.
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Iowa faces a reckoning over water quality and cancer rates in midterm
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa is facing a budget deficit, high costs and economic strain from trade disputes that have squeezed farmers. But problems that have simmered for decades — water quality and cancer rates —
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Sand says Iowa needs ‘to get to work’ on reducing cancer rates
Democrat Rob Sand says if he’s elected governor, he’ll appoint a Cancer Task Force, support more research to identify the causes of Iowa’s high cancer rates, and push to improve Iowa’s water quality. “Making sure that we’re talking about every single piece of this,” Sand said. “I think the study was a good one that […]
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