📻 When science moves faster than policy (And what that means for Iowa) (w/ David Cwiertny)

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Cornhole Champions Podcast

Zachary Oren Smith

54 episodes

5 days ago

Cornhole Champions is a weekly podcast, powered by Iowa Starting Line, where we throw bags at Iowa's biggest stories and maybe sip a beer or two. cornholechampions.substack.com

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📻 When science moves faster than policy (And what that means for Iowa) (w/ David Cwiertny) - Cornhole Champions Interview

Cornhole Champions Podcast

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2 months ago

📻 When science moves faster than policy (And what that means for Iowa) (w/ David Cwiertny) - Cornhole Champions Interview

Sometimes the science moves faster than public policy. And it has real impacts on your health. On this episode of Cornhole Champions, Zachary Orne Smith explores this gap with Dr. David Cwiertny, an environmental engineer at the University of Iowa. Toss some bags at the science-policy gap… why we find chemicals everywhere we look… and what mass balance means for Iowa's future. Cornhole Champions is a weekly podcast powered by Iowa Starting Line. This podcast is produced by me and edited by Rebecca Steinberg. Our music is by Avery Mossman and our show art is from Desirée Tapia. *SHOW RUNDOWN:* 0:00 - Welcome: Iowa's cancer rates and chemical safety evolution 2:30 - Mass Balance Principle: Why chemicals never really disappear 5:00 - Neonicotinoids: The pesticides painted on seeds 8:00 - Atrazine Study Reversal: Same research, opposite conclusions 11:30 - The Science-Policy Gap: 20-year lag between discovery and action 14:00 - Why Simple Answers Don't Exist for Complex Problems 16:30 - Living in the "Gray Area" of Chemical Safety 18:30 - Alternative Agriculture: Different models, same profitability *LISTEN AND SUBSCRIBE TO CORNHOLE CHAMPIONS:* - YouTube - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2LsUFhizO07jdk5Wav4mOT7tArltF8z5&si=FryZd7N7tG5tJ5Ju - Substack - https://cornholechampions.substack.com/ - Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cornhole-champions-podcast/id1779497714 - Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5rzNpiA4IwgLmxbyrhETY6?si=6c4a527fa9ad4f64 - PocketCasts - https://pca.st/74atty1j ... and everywhere you listen to podcasts *FOLLOW ZACHARY OREN SMITH ON SOCIAL MEDIA:* - Twitter - https://x.com/zacharyos - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/zacharyosmith - Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/zacharyos.bsky.social - Threads - https://www.threads.com/@zachosmith - LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/zacharyos/ *FOLLOW IOWA STARTING LINE ON SOCIAL MEDIA:* - Twitter - https://twitter.com/iastartingline - Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/IowaStartingLine - TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@iowastartingline - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iowastartingline - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@UCXN791Qw5opBRLyvTWYl43w Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices