I live in Iowa and can vouch that conversation around cancer rates, nitrates and pesticides has intensified over the last year, along with our legislature's inaction on the whole thing. Not mentioned in this article were the two bills that have been pushed through the state senate twice now, which would've prevented Iowans from filing lawsuits against pesticide and herbicide companies for failing to warn about cancer risks if those companies follow the EPA's labeling guidelines.

The primary lobby of those bills was the pesticide giant Bayer (who bought and absorbed Monsanto) with backing from several of Iowa's industrial farming organizations. They launched a giant ad campaign to "control weeds, not farming" alongside their bill to influence opinions.

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faangguyindia 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Which is the largest dafacenter in Iowa? Google cloud platform?

	▲	nozzlegear 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I couldn't say off the top of my head, but Google's datacenter is the only one that I'm personally familiar with.

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none2585 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Republicans hold a majority in the state house, the state Senate, and control the executive branch. Trump won by 13.2 percentage points.

You get what you deserve.

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burnt-resistor 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

You're advocating for collective punishment / victim blaming, and bigoted treatment of people as a uniform hivemind. That's the tao of divided-and-conquered mindset that doesn't help anyone. The only historical and perpetual enemy of the people is a small cadre of ultra rich, their politicians, and their lobbyists.

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nozzlegear 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

My voting record since 2008 has been Obama, Obama, Clinton, Biden, Harris. What do you think it is that I deserve?

	▲	none2585 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Sorry I didn't mean YOU you, I meant the "royal you". As in we collectively in this country get what we democratically elected - myself included. The American people have happily voted against their interests and we can blame no one but ourselves (again, collectively).