Title | Welcome to “Cancer Alley,” Where Toxic Air Is About to Get Worse |
Publication Type | Newspaper Article |
Authors | Baurick, Tristan, Lylla Younes, and Joan Meiners |
City | St. Gabriel, Louisiana |
Abstract | Air quality has improved for decades across the U.S., but Louisiana is backsliding. Our analysis found that a crush of new industrial plants will increase concentrations of cancer-causing chemicals in predominantly black and poor communities. |
URL | https://www.propublica.org/article/welcome-to-cancer-alley-where-toxic-air-is-about-to-get-worse?token=xbvF5KLcDIV6vr6B2AF9D0LlUK_IwLni |