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The quality of Iowa's water is spilling into the state's toss-up governor's race

NPR | By Clay Masters
Published July 27, 2026 at 2:43 AM MDT

In Iowa's competitive governor's race, farmers are raising longstanding concerns over water quality and agriculture's role in ultimately reducing the state's cancer rates.

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