Real-Time Data Show the Air in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ is Even Worse Than Expected

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By Naveena SadasivamJun 21, 2024, 7:00 am283 pts
This article by Grist is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. Since the 1980s, the 85-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that connects New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been known as “Cancer Alley.” The name stems from the fact that the area’s…

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