Kids in Cancer Alley School Exposed to ‘Extreme’ Levels of Carcinogenic Chemicals
by ProPublica, Childrens Health Defense: Black residents in southeastern Louisiana bear a disproportionate cancer risk from industrial air pollution, with children at one predominantly Black elementary school having been exposed to a dangerous carcinogen at levels 11 times what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency considers acceptable. Louisiana must examine how polluters imperil the health of Black […]
