The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Chemours announced they’d reached a $450 million settlement last month.

Philly’s tap water meets federal drinking water standards but falls far short of public health goals when it comes to cancer-causing chemicals.

The New Lede managing editor Brian Bienkowski spoke with Keith Schneider, a senior editor and chief correspondent at Circle of Blue, about how severe water contamination from crop and livestock production and rising high rates of cancer have become key election year issues in Iowa.

Iowan cancer survivors, farmers, elected officials, and community activists are sharing how they have reduced carcinogen exposure and what changes they hope will lower the state's high cancer rates.