Perry Beeman in the Iowa Dispatch does a good job reviewing the issues in Iowa because of the water pollution from agriculture.  

https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2021/08/31/environmental-group-distills-iowa-ag-runoff-pollution-into-clickable-map/

EWG water atlas, which shows a close link between heavily fertilized cropland in four Upper Mississippi River Basin states – Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin – and nutrient pollution endemic to the region’s waterways and drinking water supply.

https://www.ewg.org/research/ewg-water-atlas-reveals-nitrate-phosphorous-water-pollution-four-upper-mississippi-basin


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Debbie Neustadt

Des Moines, Iowa

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