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Study: Because of Pesticides, Living in Farm Towns Is as Risky as Smoking
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The New Lede. People who don’t farm, but live in U.S. agricultural communities where pesticides are used on farms, face an increased cancer risk as significant as if they were smokers, according to a …