What's causing cancer in rural Southeast Minnesota?
Groundwater contamination is one main suspect. A combination of efforts at the federal and state level could alleviate the problem, but the results might not be immediate, say experts.
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Groundwater contamination is one main suspect. A combination of efforts at the federal and state level could alleviate the problem, but the results might not be immediate, say experts.
Cancer ravaged Brian Bennerotte's body and those of many around him – his father, five brothers and his sister – as well as others along the gravel road where they
All along Dodge County Road B, which runs through farmland about 60 miles south of Minneapolis, families are reporting unusually high rates of cancer.
All four of the homes on the two-mile stretch along County Road B in Dodge County, Minnesota, have been touched by cancer, with the area now so notorious other locals call it 'cancer road'.
Over the last decade, a growing number of peer-reviewed medical studies have linked exposure to nitrates in drinking water to elevated incidences of cancer.