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| Residents of America's cancer-cursed state [Iowa] demand answers as rates of disease mysteriously soar |
| 2024-08-28 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Across Iowa, people have known for a long time what data is only now beginning to confirm — cancer incidence in the state is outstandingly high. Iowa became the focus of national attention earlier this year when data showed it had the fastest growing rate of new cancers of any state in America. That's more than the Rust Belt states, where lifelong factory work, smoking rates and lack of healthcare puts locals at a higher risk for developing the disease. And more than southern states where rates of obesity, alcohol use and poverty make them more prone to the disease. A complex web of factors is thought to be at play - Iowa is a farming powerhouse and uses more potentially carcinogenic pesticides than anywhere else. It's also sitting on a hotbed of radioactive gas, called radon, which can leech into homes undetected and cause lung cancer. Residents are unwilling to accept being sickened by their home and are demanding state leaders do something about the crisis. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #6 What do they spray the corn with? Brawndo(tm). It has the electrolytes plants crave! |
| Posted by: SteveS 2024-08-28 20:13 |
| #5 What do they spray the corn with? |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2024-08-28 19:59 |
| #4 ^ 2.6 Billion bushels estimated for 2024 |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2024-08-28 09:11 |
| #3 Corn Belt In 2023 Iowa produced just over 2.5 billion bushels of corn, making it the #1 producer of corn in the United States. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-08-28 08:34 |
| #2 We could always blame the production and use of Ethanol. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2024-08-28 08:14 |
| #1 ...it had the fastest growing rate of new cancers of any state in America. So, its been relatively 'level' for a long time and now has the fastest increase. That would imply that what ever was around 20, 30 years ago may not be the particular culprit for the acceleration. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-08-28 06:31 |