Why Do Glyphosate Maps Look Like Cancer Maps?
Calley Means claims that a map of glyphosate use and a map of cancer in the United States look almost identical. He raises the comparison during a discussion of Iowa's water problems, then identifies Iowa as second and Kentucky as first in the cancer rankings he is citing.
His argument is that farmers should not be treated as a uniform bloc opposing pesticide research: they also want to understand why they are getting sick. He describes meeting regenerative farmers and supporting legal recourse alongside incentives for different farming practices, rather than an immediate ban. The map comparison and rankings are Means's assertions; the passage supplies neither the maps' underlying data nor evidence establishing that the visual overlap proves causation. It should not be read as a diagnosis of any person's illness.
