Ohio Ranks No. 12 Among States With Highest Cancer Rates — What’s to Blame?

by Investigate Midwest

By Ben Felder

Ohio is at the far eastern end of the U.S. corn and soybean belts, with more than 8 million acres of the crops planted in the state, mostly in the northwest.

Northwest Ohio also has the state’s highest use of pesticides, which includes agrichemicals used to control pests, weeds and fungicides.

Ohio also has the nation’s 12th-highest cancer rate, but the correlation with pesticide use is not as apparent as in other states…

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