Report on reducing environmental risks of cancer travels across the state

Report on reducing environmental risks of cancer travels across the state - The Mexico Ledger

Iowa Environmental Council led a conversation in Boone about its report on environmental risk factors and cancer. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) BOONE – In a conference room at the Ericson Public Library Tuesday, cancer survivors, farmers, elected officials and community activists from Boone County discussed the things they have done to reduce their exposure to carcinogens and the things they hope will change in Iowa to help lower t…

Report on reducing environmental risks of cancer travels across the state

Iowa Environmental Council led a conversation in Boone about its report on environmental risk factors and cancer. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch) BOONE – In a conference room at the Ericson Public Library Tuesday, cancer survivors, farmers, elected officials and community activists from Boone County discussed the things they have done to reduce their exposure to carcinogens and the things they hope will change in Iowa to help lower t…

Environmental groups sue Iowa DNR over coal-ash permits, warn of heavy metals in groundwater

A legal battle is heating up in Iowa over one of coal's most dangerous byproducts: ash.  Environmental groups say state regulators approved permits that allow pollution from an Ottumwa coal-ash landfill to continue moving into groundwater near surrounding communities. What happened? On July 23, the Iowa Environmental Council, the Environmental Law & Policy Center, and the Sierra Club sued state regulators over permits connected to an Ottumwa coa…