Real-time data show the air in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ is even worse than expected

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By Naveena SadasivamJun 11, 2024, 8:00 am417 pts
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 residents have a 95 percent greater chance of developing cancer than the average American. A big reason for…

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