Nina B. Elkadi
@ninaelkadi.com
Writing about water, labor, and agriculture. Signal: ninaelkadi.64 posts + likes auto-delete after 30 days ninaelkadi.com
This week's POLITICO Magazine cover story: Poisoned water is turning this rural state bluer. “Cancer doesn’t care what party you belong to. Republicans don’t like drinking poisonous water any more than Democrats do." 🔗 politi.co/4bSaHiN Also in this issue 🧵👇
Fellowship highlight: ’25 fellow Nina Elkadi @ninaelkadi.com & CLF’s Tom Philpott @tomphilpott.bsky.social co-authored a @politico.com story on how Iowa’s water quality crisis is becoming a public health and fairness issue with political consequences. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
‘Cancer Doesn't Care What Party You Belong To’: Poisoned Water Is Turning This Rural State Bluer
Democrats see an opening in rural states for the first time in decades. In Iowa, it’s about water.
politico.com
Good morning from Turin, Iowa, RAGBRAI Day 1. Out today in Politico Magazine, @tomphilpott.bsky.social and I collabed to report a profile of Chris Jones, a Democrat running for secretary of agriculture in Iowa.
‘Cancer Doesn't Care What Party You Belong To’: Poisoned Water Is Turning This Rural State Bluer
Democrats see an opening in rural states for the first time in decades. In Iowa, it’s about water.
politico.com
If you get cancer from a pesticide that the EPA reviewed and doesn’t require a cancer warning for, you can’t sue that company. So what can you do? The High Court says you should petition the EPA. A multiyear side project while you’re getting chemotherapy infusions.
SCOTUS Says You Can’t Sue Pesticide Companies If You Get Cancer.
This is what today’s Monsanto ruling means for you.
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