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“On this episode of Cornhole Champions, Zachary Oren Smith sits down with investigative journalist Carey Gillam, editor-in-chief of ⁠The New Lede⁠ and author of “The Monsanto Papers” and “Whitewash.” She spent 17 years as a senior correspondent with Reuters international news service. Her work has been at the center of how powerful agricultural interests suppress critical public health research while Iowa families pay the price.”

00:00 – Iowa’s Shocking Cancer Statistics: Second Worst in America
01:30 – The $400,000 Cover-Up: Public Health Funding Disappears
05:00 – Pattern of Suppression: Multiple Studies Buried by Officials
07:30 – EPA Chief Grills with Polluters at Iowa State Fair
09:00 – Big Ag’s Corruption Playbook: Ghost Writing and Revolving Doors
12:30 – Trump EPA Reverses Water Protection for Iowa Rivers
16:30 – Farmers Fight Back: Real Solutions from the IDEA Network
19:00 – Why Voluntary Change Won’t Save Iowa’s Water

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