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“demand details! Don’t let candidates talk about water quality in the abstract. We need action—NOW. We need detailed ideas—NOW. The list below includes some ideas” Take the time to read it, use it, and share.

“Almost every aspect of life in Iowa has been steamrolled by the corn-soybean-CAFO production model since the famous ‘fencerow to fencerow’ paradigm was promoted by Nixon’s racist USDA secretary Earl Butz in the 1970s.”

“Republicans have held the office continuously since 2007. . .
Since . . .voters have a choice . . .Secretary of Agriculture should represent all voters equally,. . . But with Naig, it’s been 1) Secretary of Agribusiness and 2) Secretary of Farmers, in that order.

It’s way past time that changed.”

No reference to #IowaStateUniversity faculty or staff. Owned and operated by #BigAg

#Iowa #WaterQuality #BigAg
#science Pay attention to expertise from those without a personal financial incentive.

“Collectively, they said, these measures can cut nutrient runoff, curb harmful algal blooms and safeguard both recreational and drinking supplies.

Yet panelists warned that every year of inaction makes the bill far more expensive.”

“The panel outlined a series of solutions: stricter manure management and precision application; expanded buffer strips and cover-crop rotations; strategically placed wetlands, bioreactors and saturated buffers; and targeted upgrades to wastewater and drinking-water treatment plants.”

“The scientists also mentioned funding cuts that could undermine long-term monitoring. Anderson said next year, the state will drop from 80 nitrate monitoring sensors to 20 due to cuts.”

Scientists called out “a broader tendency to shut down difficult conversations.”

Drain tiling
“By treating these drains as regulated sources, Schnoor argued, policymakers could tie public investments to measurable reductions in pollutant loads, rather than simply subsidizing installation.”

Need for rational policymaking. "That would be to bring science back into the conversation — the general social war that's gone against science and academia is moving this issue backwards."

“approx $43 million worth of fertilizer is wasted annually, flowing unused into waterways. . . "We know there are solutions, but we are rewarding the small percentage of our landowners for doing the right thing, and without regulation, we can't get the rest of the folks to do something."

“Manure fuels harmful algal blooms, provides breeding grounds for pathogens and antibiotic resistance, and manure spills can trigger fish kills."

“Iowa had 1,000 hogs per farm in 1997 to roughly 6,000 hogs average per operation today.

"Many parts of the state have more manure than they have crop ground to apply it on.”

Iowa livestock operations grow larger, manure has become an escalating threat, research scientist at the U of Iowa: "Our watershed produces over 300 million pounds of nitrogen and 55 million pounds of phosphorus every year — equivalent to 70 anhydrous-ammonia tanks flowing down the river each day."

“we're seeing significant amounts of human DNA in our waters — evidence we still have work to do on our human-waste infrastructure. . . We're finding resistance genes for critical antibiotics — some from human wastewater, some from livestock."

Lots of light pollution 😟

5 takeaways from Iowa water quality report that points to agriculture as nitrates source In a packed Drake auditorium, scientists presented a study linking agriculture to dangerous nitrate and bacterial pollution in central Iowa’s rivers.

“recreational activities in the state now carry serious risks, and not just from ag runoff, but also from human waste.“ #Iowa #WaterQuality #agriculture #livestock

There is always that incorrigible 30 percent.
Read Twilight of Democracy by Anne Applebaum.

Exactly. Read Jesus and John Wayne. It explains much about the MAGA white Christian evangelical nationalist rationale. Also read White Too Long and Twilight of Democracy.

But there is always that incorrigible 30 percent.
Read Twilight of Democracy by Anne Applebaum.

Zionism is not Judaism
Christian Nationalism is not Christianity

The first ones are political & the second ones are religions.

I hope this clears it up.

Personally I’m atheist so I don’t believe in any of them BUT I respect someone’s religion if they aren’t trying to KILL people with it.

I agree, and believe you and other victims.

Cartoon: Uncle Sam resigns A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related |� Red-state Republican gets mercilessly jeered at town ...

Cartoon: Uncle Sam resigns https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/8/5/2336918/-Cartoon-Uncle-Sam-resigns?pm_campaign=blog&pm_medium=rss&pm_source=

Bonded are best!

An amazing legacy for humanity.
My Ph.D. microbiologist mother was involved in early mRNA veterinary vaccine R & D at the USDA National Animal Disease Lab (nka NADCenter). These anti-vaxxers are literally dangerous.

He’s not talking about the victims here, and never does. #PedoPOtuS

For some. For others, deliberate hate.

Netanyahu, IDF, Hamas, Hezbollah; all war criminals. POtuS too.

Violation of the Eighth Amendment. 🤬