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Cancer-related diseases and deaths spur actions to fight farm chemical contamination in Corn Belt

Articles in this project are edited by Carey Gillam, managing editor of The New Lede. When directors of the public water utility in Des Moines, Iowa, went to court in 2015 to try to stop toxic farm nutrients from contaminating the cityโ€™s drinking water, they knew the federal lawsuit they filed would be seen as not just […]

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