Iowa’s Cancer Rate Is Skyrocketing. Our Tests Prove Why.

Cancer rates in Iowa are rising faster than anywhere else in the country. Politicians blame individual choices, but the real villain is the industrial farming covering the state. We went, tested the water, and found cancer causing levels of chemicals running through Iowa. If you’d like to get a free nitrate testing kit, you can request one from Nitrate Watch: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdEIxuBMNpe54z2yqvrTjCRvqlVuUx8_rYAlqDFt5mdW2Sa-Q/viewform Once you test your water, log your results in their database to build a publicly sourced dataset that can’t be covered up. Producer & Host: Katie Nixdorf Editor & Motion Graphics: Lewis Wilcox Videographers: Jack Davis, Jack Belisle Video Production Manager: Isabel Atalaya Video Production Coordinator: Jodi Clemens Video Production Fellow: Astrid Dong Supervising Producer: Meg Herschlein ----- More Perfect Union is an Emmy-winning, nonprofit newsroom whose mission is to build power for working people. Here’s what that means: We report on the real struggles and challenges of the working class from a working-class perspective. We attempt to connect those problems to potential solutions. We report on the abuses and wrongdoing of corporate power. And we seek to hold accountable the ultra-rich who have too much power over America’s political and economic systems. To support our independent journalism, subscribe, donate, and follow our other pages through the links below: - Help fund our reporting: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mpu-splash - Substack: https://substack.perfectunion.us/ - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moreperfectunion - Twitter: https://twitter.com/MorePerfectUS - Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/moreperfectunion.bsky.social - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MorePerfectUS - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perfectunion/ - Threads: https://www.threads.net/@perfectunion - Website: https://www.perfectunion.us