Iowa is the epicenter of the globe for industrial agricultural production. Home to mass amounts of grain production but also hyper scale Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, a size most couldn't even comprehend and a level of filth unbefitting of 2026 food safety standards.

The negative externalities of industrial food systems are being exposed as a result.

Dangerously high levels of nitrates in the water supply--far exceeding legal limits. One of the fastest growing states for new cancer cases--especially targeting reproductive systems.

It's likely too late to reverse this trend and I suspect this issue will get considerably worse in the decades. Cancer and healthy populations require a multi generational approach.

Only question now is, what constitutes declaring most of that region a hazardous waste site unfit for human civilization?

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