Although many Iowans rarely check the nitrate levels in their homes, that's beginning to change thanks to Iowa Citizens for ...

Iowa ranks second in cancer rates nationally. A local group is testing water for nitrates and demanding policy change.

Iowa has some of the highest radon levels in the nation. By July of 2027, every public school building in Iowa must have tested for naturally occurring, cancer-causing radon gas. They're also required ...

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Editor's note: A previous version of this article said radon gas in Iowa does not come from uranium but from radium. However, when uranium 238 undergoes radioactive decay it later becomes radium 226.

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KCCI EIGHT NEWS AT SIX CENTRAL IOWA WATER WORKS IS GIVING US AN INSIDE LOOK AT HOW THE WATER COMING THROUGH ITS TREATMENT FACILITIES IS TESTED FOR NITRATES. THEY SAY THEIR MACHINES ARE ACCURATE DOWN ...

WILLIAMS DIED IN THAT CRASH. NEW AT NOON. IOWA HAS ENROLLED IN A NEW PROGRAM WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO HELP TRACK BIRD FLU IN DAIRY HERDS. IOWA IS ONE OF A DOZEN STATES TO ENROLL IN ...