Investigation
Kansas Greenlights Mega Feedlot in “Sensitive” Water Area
Despite community pushback over groundwater pollution and health risks, the 88,000-head feedlot will be one of the largest in the state.
Health•10 min read
Toxic Planet
Feature
Factory Farms Don’t Just Stink — They Make It Harder To Breathe, Too
New maps show that where animal feeding operations exist, higher percentages of Latino and uninsured residents also live.
Health•7 min read
Investigation
‘I Know I Have a Dust Problem’: ADM Repeatedly Failed to Prevent Potentially Deadly Grain Explosions
How one of the world’s largest animal feed producers, Archer Daniels Midland, failed to implement crucial safety measures — to grave consequences.
Health•21 min read
Fact Check
Nitrates Pollute Waterways, but the EPA Is More Concerned With…Fluoride?
Nitrate contamination from agricultural runoff continues to endanger public water, but the EPA seems more concerned with pleasing RFK Jr. and his base.
Health•6 min read
News
In Iowa, Researchers Press for More Scrutiny of the Link Between Big Ag and Cancer Risk
The partnership aims to fill a research gap with statewide listening sessions and a review of the scientific literature.
Health•4 min read
Investigation
Manure Contributes to Toxic Byproducts in Drinking Water
A new report documents how manure and other contaminants find their way into treated water.
Health•4 min read
Feature
What’s Driving Iowa’s Outlier Cancer Rate? It’s Complicated
The state cancer registry makes no mention of the millions of gallons of factory farm manure pumped into Iowa waterways.
Health•10 min read
Feature
PFAS Contaminated a Texas County’s Farms, Threatening Animals, Water and Public Health
Inside a Texas county’s battle against the use of sewage sludge and the forever chemicals left behind.
Health•8 min read
Investigation
Venison Donated to Food Banks May Contain Lead. The NRA Could Be Why.
“I am afraid that if we had tried to 'hide' what we had learned...then press found out, we would be butchered like a fat buck!”
Health•18 min read
Explainer
E. Coli Outbreaks & Factory Farms in the U.S. Are Largely Inextricable
It always comes back to poop.
Health•11 min read
Explainer
How Microplastics Get Into Meat — and Everything Else We Eat
Microplastics have become part of the food chain.
Health•4 min read
Reported
Syngenta Spent Decades Attempting To Quiet Health Concerns About Its Profitable Herbicide.
A former Florida rancher battling Parkinson’s disease reflects on years of using paraquat.
Health•21 min read
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