Art Cullen, “Editorial: Reaching our limits, Storm Lake Times, March 26, 2021.
Perry Beeman, “Tap water in Des Moines area, Quad-Cities had traces of toxic ‘forever chemicals’,” Iowa Capital Dispatch, March 26, 2021.
Tom Cullen and Karina Guerrero, “Rising livestock numbers feed nitrate load,” Storm Lake Times, March 25, 2021.
Erin Jordan, “Dicamba damage in Iowa ‘most extensive’ in decades,” Cedar Rapids Gazette, October 5, 2020.
Carey Gillem, “Court overturns EPA approval of popular herbicide made by Monsanto,” The Guardian, June 4, 2020.
Corinne Ruff, “Monsanto, BASF Will Pay $250 Million In Punitive Damages In First Dicamba Trial,” Iowa Public Radio, February 17, 2020.
Alaa Elassar, “Bald eagles across the United States are dying from lead poisoning,” CNN, February 16, 2020.
*Sophia Schillinger and Sabine Martin, “Knowing What’s Safe To Eat In Game Fish Varies State To State In Midwest,” IowaWatch and Cedar Falls Tiger Hi-Line, May 31, 2020. [This IowaWatch and Cedar Falls Tiger Hi-Line story was republished by The Des Moines Register, The Courier (Waterloo, IA), Iowa City Press-Citizen, Marshalltown Times-Republican, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting and Iowa Public Radio’s website.]
Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the Iowa Department of Public Health, “Seven Healthy Facts about Eating Iowa Fish,” May 31, 2020.
Molly Hunter, “Farmers Pushing Their Point About Dicamba Regulation In State Complaints,” IowaWatch, April 11, 2019.
Emily Highnam, “Residents Seek Answers About Health Risks Near Frac Sand Mines,” IowaWatch, March 21, 2019.
Lyle Muller and Jeff Stein, “Iowa Ag Secretary Says Pesticide Investigation Staff Levels To Remain The Same Despite Higher Demand,” IowaWatch, March 16, 2019.
Lauren Wade, “Iowa Pesticide Bureau Workloads Grow But Not Inspection Staff Levels,” IowaWatch, March 6, 2019.
Lauren Wade, “Years Later, Little Action On Recommendations For Iowa’s Pesticide Inspections,” IowaWatch, January 22, 2019.
Lauren Wade, “Local town dumps a thing of the past due to high cost of government regulations,” IowaWatch, December 5, 2018. [This IowaWatch story was republished in the Des Moines Register.]
Erin Jordan, “TREADING WATER | UNFOCUSED AND UNDERFUNDED, GOAL OF CLEANER WATER FALTERS,” Cedar Rapids Gazette, December 3, 2018.
Editorial, “Get the lead out of Iowa’s shotgun deer hunting season,” Des Moines Register, November 29, 2018.
Ian Urbina, “Poisoned Wildlife and Tainted Meat: Why Hunters Are Moving Away From Lead Bullets,” New York Times, November 24, 2018.
Eli Chen, “Scientists say EPA’s dicamba restrictions won’t be strong enough to stop crop damage,” St. Louis Public Radio, November 4, 2018.
EPA, “EPA Announces Changes To Dicamba Registration,” October 31, 2018.
Amy Mayer, “Cover Crops Reap Financial Benefits, Not Just Environmental,” Iowa Public Radio, September 6, 2018.
Kate Payne, “Mussel Populations In Iowa River Lower Than Researchers Hoped,” Iowa Public Radio, August 27, 2018.
Thomas Nelson, “Family says CAFOs making them sick,” Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, August 26, 2018.
Danny Hakim and Eric Lipton, “Pesticide Studies Won E.P.A.’s Trust, Until Trump’s Team Scorned ‘Secret Science’,” New York Times, August 24, 2018.
Reuters, “Bayer’s Monsanto Faces 8,000 Lawsuits on Glyphosate,” New York Times, August 23, 2018.
Reuters, “Germany Aims to End Use of Glyphosate in This Legislative Period: Spokesman,” New York Times, August 13, 2018.
Mike James and Jorge L. Ortiz, “Jury orders Monsanto to pay $289 million to cancer patient in Roundup lawsuit,” USA Today, August 10, 2018.
Eric Lipton, “Court Orders E.P.A. to Ban Chlorpyrifos, Pesticide Tied to Children’s Health Problems,” New York Times, August 9, 2018.
Clay Masters, Shirley Wang, and Emily Woodbury, “Louisiana Fisherman Talks Water Quality and Nutrient Reduction with Iowa Farmers,” Iowa Public Radio, July 24, 2018.
University of Missouri, Integrated Pest Management, “July 15 Dicamba injury update. Different Year, same questions,” July 19, 2018.
Kate Payne, “Despite Conservation Changes, Iowa Sends More Nitrates Downriver,” Iowa Public Radio, July 18, 2018.
Donnelle Eller, “‘We have a problem’: Flooding has slammed every Iowa county since 1988, some as many as 17 times,” Des Moines Register, July 10 2018.
*Sophia Schillinger and Sabine Martin, “Little Interest In Buffer Zones, Or Other New Pesticide Application Rules In Iowa,” IowaWatch and Cedar Falls Tiger Hi-Line, June 1, 2018. [This IowaWatch and Cedar Falls Tiger Hi-Line story was republished by the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier and Des Moines Register.]
*Rachel Schmid, Sophia Schillinger and Sabine Martin, “Large Number Of Iowa Public Schools In Range Of Potential Pesticide Spray Drift,” IowaWatch and Cedar Falls Tiger Hi-Line, June 1, 2018. [This IowaWatch and Cedar Falls Tiger Hi-Line story was republished by the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Des Moines Register, Iowa City Press-Citizen, and The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting. A report on this story and how it came about was broadcast by KWWL of Waterloo (IA) and WHO-TV of Des Moines (IA).]
Clay Masters and Katherine Perkins, “Public Radio on Tap – Storm Lake Edition,” Iowa Public Radio, May 1, 2018.
Charity Nebbe, Talk of Iowa, Iowa Public Radio, March 21, 2018. [“Nebbe talks with Rosina Bierbaum, who has been a scientific advisor to two U.S. presidents. They discuss the divide between scientists and public policy, particularly in conversations relating to climate change.” Segment begins at 23:10 in broadcast.]
Anna Casey/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, “Pesticide Buffer Zones Crop Up in other States but None in Midwest,” IowaWatch, January 18, 2018.
Daniel Charles, “Monsanto Attacks Scientists After Studies Show Trouble For Weedkiller Dicamba,” Iowa Public Radio, October 26, 2017.
Rene Ebersole, “Did Monsanto Ignore Evidence Linking Its Weed Killer to Cancer?” The Nation, October 12, 2017.
Madeline Ostrander, “The Grain That Tastes Like Wheat, but Grows Like a Prairie Grass,” The Nation, October 12, 2017.
Johnathan Hettinger/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting, “Complaints Surge About Weed Killer Dicamba’s Damage To Oak Trees,” IowaWatch.org, October 11, 2017.
Donnelle Eller, “Iowa has world’s largest cereal plant, but state’s farmers lack market for oats,” Des Moines Register, October 5, 2017.
Danny Hakim, “Monsanto’s Weed Killer, Dicamba, Divides Farmers,” New York Times, September 21, 2017.
Stephanie Strom, “Traces of Controversial Herbicide Are Found in Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream,” New York Times, July 25, 2017.
Mike Kilen, “Iowa’s oak trees are sick, and some say farm chemicals are to blame,” Des Moines Register, June 7, 2017.
*Elise Leasure, Sabine Martin and Katherine Mauss, “Cedar Falls Fights Drinking Water Nitrates Battle,” IowaWatch and Cedar Falls Tiger Hi-Line, June 2, 2017. [This IowaWatch and Cedar Falls Tiger Hi-Line story was republished by the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Des Moines Register, and the Cedar Rapids Gazette.]
Art Cullen, 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning editorials for the Storm Lake Times, “For editorials fueled by tenacious reporting, impressive expertise and engaging writing that successfully challenged powerful corporate agricultural interests in Iowa.”
Brady Dennis, “Facing pressure, more schools scramble to confront dangers of lead in water,” Washington Post, April 30, 2017.
Lynne Peeples, “Bullet Proof,” Undark, January 30, 2017. [Lead bullets still dominate the U.S. ammunition market despite ample evidence showing that they pose real environmental and health risks. Why?]
Donnelle Eller, “Nitrates in the water may be more harmful than we thought,” Des Moines Register, September 29, 2016.
Luke Runyon, “How Are Nitrates Ending Up In Drinking Water Supplies?” Iowa Public Radio, September 19, 2106.
Tana Gam-ad, Olivia Fabos Martin and Sarah Stortz, “Consistency Lacking In Iowa High Schools When It Comes To Teaching Climate Change,” Special IowaWatch and Cedar Falls Tiger Hi-Line report, April 22, 2016.
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