Scientists have been warning for decades about the
health implications and dangers of pesticide use - and now the damage has become only too obvious. In agricultural areas of Iowa - a U.S. state known for its vast farming industry -
cancer is now "everywhere."Sign the petition to ban pesticide use NOW!The American Cancer Society is calling this a cancer "crisis." Out of all U.S. states, Iowa's rate of cancer has been the second-highest for the last few years -
and its rates are increasing.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, on farms all over the state. Approximately
87% of the state's land is used for farming. And when these poisons 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 local children and adults alike.It isn't hard to see the connection here.
The World Health Organization classified glyphosate, a weed-killer, as probably carcinogenic back in 2015 - 10 years ago. Research has tied the use of many pesticides to a whole variety of illnesses and diseases, obviously including cancer, but not limited to this.
Other poisons may be affecting Iowans as well. Agricultural fertilizers pump large amounts of nitrates into the soil, which again leaves toxic chemicals to seep into the water supply. And, shockingly, some fertilizers even contain PFAs, or "forever chemicals!"
Most farming organizations are refusing to consider how their industry could be poisoning an entire state's worth of people. But
we cannot abandon people who live in rural, country areas to this explosion of cancer just because corporate interests want us to look the other way.Sign the petition to protect everyday people from poisoning by pesticide use! Don't let agricultural corporations' giant lobbying influence stop lawmakers from doing the right thing.