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A mound of oil drums near the Baton Rouge ExxonMobil Refinery along the Mississippi River in December 1972.. Cancer Alley is the regional nickname given to an 85-mile (137 km) stretch of land [1] along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, in the River Parishes of Louisiana, which contains over 200 [2] petrochemical plants and refineries. [3]
Their sentiments echo those of residents who live in other towns along Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, an 85-mile (135-kilometer) corridor along the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
Their sentiments echo those of residents who live in other towns along Louisiana's Cancer Alley, an 85-mile (135-kilometer) corridor running along the Mississippi River between New Orleans and ...
The community is in between a chemical plant and an oil refinery. Norco is a part of what is known as "Cancer Alley". Norco is named for the New Orleans Refining Company. In 1916, a Shell affiliate built an oil refinery on the site of an antebellum plantation. In 1953, Shell bought a second plantation site.
UNHR’s research also found that one-third of residents living in Cancer Alley have irregular breathing and that among the residents of Cancer Alley they surveyed, the p-value for cancer currency is 3.43 percent. [6] In 1973, a Shell pipeline exploded in Norco. [4] This incident killed an elderly woman and a teenage boy.
An agricultural company made the surprise decision Tuesday to cancel a project to build a massive grain terminal in a historic Black town in Louisiana's “Cancer Alley," a heavily industrialized ...
I also think it may be helpful to add an image of the actual geographical region that is known as Cancer Alley, like a map. If someone is familiar with the text, the last study listed in the "cancer studies" section would benefit from an elaboration on the the findings of the book. --Mliou 06:29, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
At the time, St. John the Baptist Parish had the highest cancer risk in the U.S. Today, the cancer risk is still nearly seven times the national average, according to the EPA. The Denka plant sits ...