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Zach Wahls: “There is a direct connection between the cancer crisis and…”

Featuring: Zach Wahls, Democratic | Iowa Senate, District 43

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Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate seat in Iowa take part in forum

Published | Video Starts at 57:24

I mean, almost every single one of us. Iowa leads the country in terms of rising cancer rates. Number two, overall or overall rates. And we know that There is a direct connection between the cancer crisis and our state's water quality crisis. And we need a senator with the courage to say that out loud and to do something about it in Washington, D.C. i will tell you, I have served on the Ag Committee in the Iowa State Senate. (57:24–57:30)

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Asserts a direct connection between Iowa's cancer crisis and water quality crisis.

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