As cancer rates in Iowa rise, state lawmakers continue to advance a bill that would add legal protections for pesticide manufacturers over the labeling that is required to warn consumers
The bill’s supporters say it is needed to close a legal loophole and help pesticide manufacturers manage the costs of weed killers, while critics say Iowans who get sick from pesticides should have legal recourse, including over labeling.
DES MOINES — As cancer rates in Iowa rise, state lawmakers continue to advance a bill that would add legal protections for pesticide manufacturers over the labeling that is required
A bill approved by the Iowa House on Thursday would allow landowners who are subject to eminent domain requests by carbon dioxide pipeline companies to challenge the legitimacy of those requests in court earlier in the permit proceedings.