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Iowa’s High Cancer Rate Linked to Nitrate, Pesticides, PFAS and Radon, New Report Finds
The new analysis combines science on environmental risk factors with the lived experiences of Iowans battling cancer.
Mar 25
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“Health for all, Hunger for None.”
The Bayer slogan behind a federal act invocation.
Mar 20
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Contingent on Weather
If the weather didn’t hold, the story could’ve been very different.
Mar 5
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What Happens in California Changes the Corn Belt
Dec 2, 2024
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What Does a Small Town Do When the Water Is Undrinkable?
Jan 30
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BREAKING: Iowa Dairy Manure Spill Kills Over 100,000 Fish in 10-Mile Stretch of Dry Run Creek
Apr 10, 2025
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Clean Water Advocate Chris Jones Takes Step Toward Iowa Agriculture Secretary Run
Nov 12, 2025
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Nina B. Elkadi
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Mapping Illegal Manure Spills in Iowa
Dec 10, 2024
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Factory Farms in Iowa Generate 110 Billion Pounds of Manure Per Year. No One Tracks Where It’s Going.
Dec 5, 2025
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Digesters Were Sold as a Climate Fix. Now the USDA Is Hitting Pause.
A 90-day pause due to “loan delinquency” may signal that the viability of anaerobic digesters is being scrutinized at the federal level.
Feb 20
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What Does a Small Town Do When the Water Is Undrinkable?
Nitrate pollution is straining small water facilities in Iowa, even when they have advanced filtration systems.
Jan 30
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Who Is Government For? An Interview with Iowa Farmer John Clayton
“We need the government, because the government is the one that can be the referee with the values and say no, that’s not right.”
Jan 9
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Nina B. Elkadi
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Calculating Cost
Reflections on the place I inherited
Dec 17, 2025
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Nina B. Elkadi
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Factory Farms in Iowa Generate 110 Billion Pounds of Manure Per Year. No One Tracks Where It’s Going.
Manure management planning could prevent fertilizer pollution. But an antiquated system isn’t doing enough to track manure, a former state employee…
Dec 5, 2025
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Nina B. Elkadi
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Anika Jane Beamer
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Clean Water Advocate Chris Jones Takes Step Toward Iowa Agriculture Secretary Run
“I think we need to rethink agriculture,” the professor-turned-advocate tells Sentient.
Nov 12, 2025
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Unregulated Landscapes Are Corporate Playgrounds
Iowa and Arizona are more similar than you might think
Oct 29, 2025
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