US EditionNew report finds unexpected cancer rates in Iowa farmers
- On Friday, the 2026 Cancer in Iowa Report found Iowa farmers, participants in the Agricultural Health Study, had 13% fewer cancers than the state's population.
- Researchers say lower smoking and drinking, greater physical activity, and the healthy worker effect likely reduce cancers among farm families and spouses, Charlton said.
- Data from 1994 to 2015 show farmers had reduced colon, lung, bladder, pancreatic, esophageal, laryngeal, liver, and tongue cancers but higher prostate, lip, melanoma, and thyroid rates, with 11,347 cancers recorded.
- Statewide, the report warns Iowa remains one of three states with rising cancer rates and projects 21,700 new invasive cancers and 6,400 deaths this year, discussed by Edith Parker at a March 11 briefing.
- The report highlights gaps in private well testing as 12% of private well users in Iowa had nitrate levels above the federal limit and only about 80% ever tested; researchers urge more study on pesticides and nitrates.
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