Author: Brandy Hicks

North Dakota’s Red River Valley a pesticide and cancer hotspot

This story about elevated rates of pesticide use and cancer was originally published by Investigate Midwest. Eastern North Dakota is a top corn and soybean-growing region, with many of its counties among the nation’s largest users of pesticides and herbicides. It’s also home to higher-than-average cancer rates.  !function(){“use strict”;window.addEventListener(“message”,(function(e){ if(void 0!==e.data[“datawrapper-height”]){ var t=document.querySelectorAll(“iframe”); for(var a […]