A support group and a lab in the St. Louis area provide resources for people with the allergy to mammal products — and evidence that its effects can be reversed.
Associate Professor of Practice, University of Iowa School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Erin Jordan was previously an Ag & Water Desk Expert Journalist and Senior Advisor. As an award-winning investigative reporter for The Gazette in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, Iowa, she covered topics that include water quality, agriculture, state government spending and gender equity in sports. She was a 2018-19 O’Brien Fellow In Public Service Journalism at Marquette University with a project focused on water quality in the Mississippi River watershed. Before joining The Gazette, Jordan was the Iowa City Bureau reporter for the Des Moines Register from 2003 to 2009.
One year away from a federal deadline to reduce nutrient runoff into the Gulf of Mexico by 20%, increases in tile drainage, livestock and fertilizer use have made success unlikely.
