Statewide Iowa (RI) – Republican Zach Lahn is promising to address the state’s water quality issues and Iowa’s rising cancer rate if he’s elected governor.
Lahn, who launched his campaign Thursday, says politicians have been sticking their heads in the sand when it comes to addressing the cancer crisis in Iowa.
Iowa has the second highest rate of newly diagnosed cases of cancer and is one of only two states with an overall cancer rate that’s rising. Governor Kim Reynolds and the Republican-led legislature budgeted a million dollars this year for University of Iowa research to try to find the cause. Lahn says it’s time to hold companies accountable who are contributing to Iowa’s cancer crisis and embrace the Make America Healthy Again agenda of Robert F. Kennedy, Junior.
Lahn spoke Thursday night at the monthly gathering of a group of central Iowa Republicans and answered questions from the crowd. He was asked about the Iowa Utilities Commission decision granting Summit Carbon Solutions authority to seize land along its pipeline route from unwilling property owners.
The four other Republicans who’ve been campaigning for governor also say they oppose the use of eminent domain for the carbon pipeline.
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