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22 responses to “Central Illinois: A Cancer Cluster?”

communityword

January 1, 2016

Central Illinois: A Cancer Cluster? https://t.co/5AEvxXpm9x

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GMWatch

January 1, 2016

Central Illinois: A Cancer Cluster? https://t.co/wZqLf4bviT Big #GMO corn, soy growing area with high use of #glyphosate etc.

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AlternativeFact

January 1, 2016

RT @GMWatch: Central Illinois: A Cancer Cluster? https://t.co/wZqLf4bviT Big #GMO corn, soy growing area with high use of #glyphosate etc.

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January 1, 2016

RT @GMWatch: Central Illinois: A Cancer Cluster? https://t.co/wZqLf4bviT Big #GMO corn, soy growing area with high use of #glyphosate etc.

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geminieast7745

January 1, 2016

Central Illinois: A Cancer Cluster? https://t.co/V7M9S6zNul

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January 1, 2016

RT @GMWatch Central Illinois: A Cancer Cluster? https://t.co/a3aCchMfzk Big #GMO corn, soy growing area with high use of #glyphosate etc.

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January 1, 2016

RT @GMWatch: Central Illinois: A Cancer Cluster? https://t.co/wZqLf4bviT Big #GMO corn, soy growing area with high use of #glyphosate etc.

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January 1, 2016

RT @GMWatch: Central Illinois: A Cancer Cluster? https://t.co/wZqLf4bviT Big #GMO corn, soy growing area with high use of #glyphosate etc.

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January 1, 2016

Central Illinois: A Cancer Cluster? | The Community Word #WeAreBeingKilledByChemicals https://t.co/3muU4Tea8M

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janis4aloha

January 1, 2016

RT @GMWatch: Central Illinois: A Cancer Cluster? https://t.co/wZqLf4bviT Big #GMO corn, soy growing area with high use of #glyphosate etc.

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January 1, 2016

RT @GMWatch: Central Illinois: A Cancer Cluster? https://t.co/wZqLf4bviT Big #GMO corn, soy growing area with high use of #glyphosate etc.

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January 1, 2016

RT @GMWatch: Central Illinois: A Cancer Cluster? https://t.co/wZqLf4bviT Big #GMO corn, soy growing area with high use of #glyphosate etc.

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January 1, 2016

Central Illinois: A Cancer Cluster? | The Community Word#cancer https://t.co/BdUULrKgzj

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January 1, 2016

RT @GMWatch: Central Illinois: A Cancer Cluster? https://t.co/wZqLf4bviT Big #GMO corn, soy growing area with high use of #glyphosate etc.

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January 1, 2016

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DancingPanda1

January 1, 2016

RT @Majormac1: Central Illinois: A Cancer Cluster? | The Community Word #WeAreBeingKilledByChemicals https://t.co/3muU4Tea8M

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evogelMCT

January 2, 2016

RT @GMWatch: Central Illinois: A Cancer Cluster? https://t.co/wZqLf4bviT Big #GMO corn, soy growing area with high use of #glyphosate etc.

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NinaBGonzales

January 3, 2016

RT @GMWatch: Central Illinois: A Cancer Cluster? https://t.co/wZqLf4bviT Big #GMO corn, soy growing area with high use of #glyphosate etc.

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CiaraASullivan

January 3, 2016

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jpaint

January 3, 2016

Central Illinois: A Cancer Cluster? https://t.co/RqzoXyvA2i

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HealthyFoodNat

January 4, 2016

Central Illinois: Cancer Cluster due chemically-treated farm fields? Increasing pesticides not sustainable solution! https://t.co/xIeK1jCnzL

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January 9, 2016

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