In Sicily, A Plague of Cancer Overwhelms an Oil Refinery Town

Yale e360
Aug 23, 2018, 5:00 am440 ptsHot
The winner of the 2018 Yale Environment 360 Video Contest examines how the people of Augusta, Sicily, led by the town’s priest, are fighting back against a cancer epidemic linked to a massive petrochemical complex. Read more on E360 →

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