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A Hunger Strike Ends, but an ‘Unreasonable’ Woman’s Battle Against Corporate Polluters Marches On
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Cancer Rates Are Higher Near Large Livestock Feeding Operations in 3 States, a New Study Finds
Researchers comparing maps of CAFOs with county-level disease data from California, Texas and Iowa found increased rates of all types of cancer, but said more research is needed to determine the cause.
People in three states living near large livestock feeding operations experience higher rates of cancer, a new analysis found.
Cancer Rates Are Higher Near Large Livestock Feeding Operations in 3 States, a New Study Finds
An interview with author Ed Yong.
Watch as Ed Yong, Pulitzer-winning science journalist and author of An Immense World, speaks with ICN executive editor Vernon Loeb about the extraordinary sensory worlds of animals, and the concept of the Umwelt, or the parts of an animal’s surroundings that it can uniquely perceive, sense and experience.
A Hunger Strike Ends, but an ‘Unreasonable’ Woman’s Battle Against Corporate Polluters Marches On
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