Is non-organic food toxic? Prof Neil Hamilton of The Iowa Nature Summit says it's complicated.
Discussion in recent weeks has centered around pesticides and toxins in the food we grow, much of it from Iowa. According to Professor Neil Hamilton, creator of The Iowa Nature Summit and Drake law professor, we apply pesticides to over 25 million acres of farmland each year, but what impact is that really having? Does that have something to do with our 2nd in the nation cancer rates? There's no easy answer.
The Iowa Nature Summit is at Drake University October 9-10. Although a nature summit may have previously been for the "crunchy granola" folks, the connection between nature and human…
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