Farm Belt States Are Getting Serious About Agro-Chem and Cancer
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Accross the farm belt, cancer cases are spiking, and states are getting serious about tracking and providing guidelines for exposure to agro-chem. Journalist Keith Schneider has been digging into this for months and reports.
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