Black residents win key ruling in ‘Cancer Alley’ environmental racism case
Lawyers for residents say that zoning that concentrates pollution in Black districts is a violation of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery.
Tag: Louisiana petrochemical corridor
EPA blind spots leave workers unprotected from ethylene oxide’s cancer risks
Frequent contact with the carcinogen ethylene oxide can boost the odds of developing cancer up to 60 times — risk levels that should raise red flags in Louisiana, which produces 20% of the nation’s ethylene oxide emissions within its 85-mile industrial corridor, known as Cancer Alley.
