By Alliance Communications Coordinator Amy Durr
Scientists have been warning for decades about the health implications and dangers of pesticide use. In agricultural areas of Iowa, where approximately 87% of the state’s land is used for farming, cancer is now “everywhere.”
The American Cancer Society is calling this a cancer “crisis.” Out of all US states, Iowa’s rate of cancer has been the second-highest for the last few years, and its rates are increasing.
When pesticides are sprayed over crops, they don’t only go into the air and onto our food – they also seep into the local water supply, harming people and wildlife and contaminating soil and water.
Authorities are trying to blame alcohol consumption, but residents are tracing their increasing rates of cancer to the use of pesticides, including glyphosate or RoundUp by Monsanto.
Join the Alliance in signing this petition from Care2 to urge Iowa lawmakers to ban toxic pesticides like RoundUp.