The (cancer) land between two rivers

The cancer rate continues to increase in the land between two rivers. Today, someone else will learn they have (the dreaded word) cancer. It could be you, it could be your neighbor. It could be an Iowan caught in our dirty water between two rivers. The state is slugging its way through a disease that’s not giving up. It appears cancer research and medical practice are doing all they can to help. Are we side-stepping other issues that may lead us to the cause? Human waste has been forever regulated. Animal waste has not. The sheer number of animals has created a population density that overwhelms our land.

You don’t have to be a skilled scientist to know there has to be runoff into our waters. Iowans continue polluting the Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico’s dead zone. Our contaminated water will not make anybody down stream healthier.

Lastly, more than one chemical trying to enrich the tired soil must also be a factor with cancer. These chemicals leach the soils and go into our water supply. Let’s face it, land and water all have breaking points which are being pushed to the limit.

We must not be first- place in the nation with this cancer epic. No state should. This dreaded word need not emerge in your life. Cancer can be beaten.

John Carver

Decorah