Cancer in Iowa: What role does agriculture play in Iowa’s high cancer rates?
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Look at the cancer map of America, then look at the maps of Americas waterways…..like identical. Farm chemicals kill us
Other variables include an aging population, obesity and a relatively sedentary lifestyle
Kirk Ferentz football is killing us all slowly.
Wonder if this info makes it's way to Republican campaign ads?
Allowing farmers and commercial ag interests to pollute our State.
Allowing farmers and commercial ag interests to pollute our State.
The role is major. My Gpa worked 40 years at a Fertilizer plant in the mix room. He retired and 2.5 years later was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and ultimately passed. Never smoked either. Grandmother has heard thru the grapevine multiple coworkers of his developing lung and throat cancers since he passed.
Hey guys, a couple of these posts don't really mesh with the "America Needs Farmers" type of marketing that is preferred around here
We need farmers, we need farmers who are truly stewards of the land.
Farmers are fine. There aren’t that many of them left, however. You need hundreds of acres to make a go of it, and large operations will scoop up rentals and maximize each season over the overall health of the land. Lots of absentee landowners and aging owners fuel this. We see it with our land in Indiana. We could easily rent for more to a consortium that runs 10,000+ acres, but they don’t care about the land. If it goes sour due to poor practices they’ll move on. We rent to a 6th cousin for less money, it he’s invested in it long term and we manage the health of the land together.
A factor, but pig s*** in the water and chemicals in the air and water are a factor, too.
In before Doobi or Northern chastise the OP for hating Iowa and announce that elevated cancer risks are worth it to own the Libs.
Sure, but that doesn’t mean so much pig s*** and chemicals have to be tolerated. People in other countries have beef and pork without our level of pollution.
1). Eat less meat
2). Write your rep
3). Don’t smoke
4). Exercise
5). Eat fruits and vegatables
6). Report pollution and run off you see
That list after 30 seconds thought.
