![]() Jones retires from the UI on May 16 after eight years. Jones, whose wry, often-provocative essays have appeared on a UI blog since 2015, now has written a book called “Swine Republic: Struggles with the Truth about Agriculture and Water Quality.” The book, which includes 69 essays - including several new to readers - goes on sale May 19 through Ice Cube Press. What is unique to Iowa, I think, is the death grip the industry and the culture of agriculture has on the discourse about these problems.” “The environmental problems we have here are not unique to Iowa. ![]() “For me to rationalize being a public employee, if I couldn’t get them better water quality, I could at least give them the truth about it,” Jones said in an interview with The Gazette. He decided to start writing about why many of Iowa’s lakes aren’t safe for swimming and about rivers and streams whisking soil and harmful levels of nutrients downstream. ![]() IOWA CITY - Several years into an academic career, University of Iowa research engineer Chris Jones realized his research and journal articles weren’t going to lead to improvements in Iowa’s water quality. Jones has been outspoken about the toll Iowa agriculture has taken on water quality. ![]() University of Iowa research scientist Chris Jones stands Tuesday along the Iowa River behind the Iowa Memorial Union in Iowa City. ![]()
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