Drey’s diagnosis comes amid national attention on Iowa’s cancer crisis, which experts believe could be tied to a “toxic mix” of environmental and health risk factors.
Decades of industrialized farming, pressure from chemical manufacturers and federal farm policy have left many producers relying heavily on pesticides.
EPA Administrator Michael Regan last month made one of his agency’s strongest statements to date about the danger of “forever chemicals.”
New restrictions on those pollutants in drinking water