Fears of a cancer cover-up in state suffering mystery spike in tumors
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By Maiya Focht In Iowa For Dailymail.Com
Published: 07:48 EDT, 2 September 2024 | Updated: 08:31 EDT, 2 September 2024
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A mystery surge in cancer in Iowa has been blamed on alcohol – but locals fear another major factor is being ignored or suppressed.
DailyMail.com visited Iowa and spoke to doctors and locals who had cancer themselves or knew of dozens who had, but one common thread stood out – none of them were heavy drinkers.
And while a report published in early 2024 highlighted alcohol as a major health concern, locals are trying to raise awareness about another contributor: agricultural chemicals – of which Iowa uses more than any other state.
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Neil Hamilton, a lawyer and the former Director of the Drake Agricultural Law Center, told DailyMail.com: ‘There seems to be a surprising lack of curiosity [from] the agricultural companies and agriculturalists and farm groups.
‘And, you know, maybe that’s predictable, because they maybe are concerned about what might be found if we started scratching a little bit deeper.’
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He regularly reported on high levels of nitrates in the various waterways across the state – including those citizens swam and fished in. A blog he ran through the University of Iowa that shared this pollution data and his opinions about water policy gained a large audience in the state.
In May 2023, two members of Iowa’s state legislature allegedly approached university officials about stopping Mr Jones’ blog, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported.
Mr Jones told The Chronicle the message from them was: ‘You guys can’t be over here asking for money for these various programs and at the same time allow this blog to continue.’
He added, ‘Now, is that a threat? Is that a threat to defund something? I think it’s definitely something you better take seriously.’
Shortly after, his blog was shut down, he retired and $500,000 in funding was stripped from his program.
Mr Jones wrote: ‘I’ve written these essays, especially over the last two years, knowing that I was basically a dog chasing cars. Once in a while, even a three-legged dog like me can get too close to the rear wheels, and well, that happened.’
One of the lawmakers named in the Chronicle, Senator Dan Zumbach, who is also a farmer, said ‘no threat to funding was ever made because of the content of a blog,’ and those claims are ‘reckless and potentially defamatory.’
Senator Tom Shipley, also named, told the Chronicle a conversation had occurred about Mr Jones’ blog, but declined further comment.
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Sure sounds like that “three-legged dog” got close to “The Truth”.
What First Amendment? Those two Iowa state legislators should be investigated and prosecuted.
The blog was “conversed about”! That sure sounds fishy.
On my taxonomy, I’d rate this as “Class 5 Possible” in the “Governmental Conspiracy Theory” and “Health Conspiracy Theory” categories.
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