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North Dakotaโ€™s Red River Valley a pesticide and cancer hotspot

Eastern North Dakota is a top corn and soybean-growing region, with many of its counties among the nation’s largest users of pesticides and herbicides. Itโ€™s also home to higher-than-average cancer rates.  Of the top 500 U.S. counties for pesticide use, seven are in North Dakota, all within the Red River Valley.  Three of those counties […]

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