Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Residents Push Back Against Industrial Polluters

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By Julie DermanskyMay 28, 2017, 9:01 am260 pts
A group of residents in St. Gabriel, a suburb of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is no stranger to industrial pollution. The small town is on the banks of the Mississippi River in a stretch of land between New Orleans and Baton Rouge containing more than 100 petrochemical factories. To the industry, it’s known as the…

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