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    "Agriculture",
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  "textContent": "Iowa is among a few states where cancer diagnoses are on the rise. A new analysis from the Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement and the Iowa Environmental Council says that environmental exposures are partially to blame. High pesticide and fertilizer use in the top corn-producing state, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in […]",
  "title": "Iowa’s Cancer Crisis Linked to Pesticides, PFAS, Fertilizer and Radon, Report Says"
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