Why Louisiana's air quality is going from bad to worse.
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The Big Story
Wed. Oct 30, 2019
The chemical industry is growing rapidly in Louisiana at the same time that the state is backsliding when it comes to toxic levels of cancer-causing chemicals in the air. Along with Local Reporting Network partner The Times-Picayune and The Advocate, we investigated.
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Welcome to “Cancer Alley,” Where Toxic Air Is About to Get Worse
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Air quality has improved for decades across the U.S., but Louisiana is backsliding. Our analysis found that a crush of new industrial plants will increase concentrations of cancer-causing chemicals in predominantly black and poor communities.
by Lylla Younes, ProPublica, and Tristan Baurick and Joan Meiners, The Times-Picayune and The Advocate
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Why Louisiana’s Air Quality Is Going From Bad to Worse, in 3 Charts
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Welcome to “Cancer Alley.”
by Lylla Younes
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In a Notoriously Polluted Area of the Country, Massive New Chemical Plants Are Still Moving In
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Data from an EPA model indicates that communities along the lower Mississippi River corridor already face severely elevated cancer risks from industrial activity. Massive new chemical plants are slated to be built there anyway.
by Lylla Younes, Al Shaw and Claire Perlman
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I’ve Investigated Industrial Pollution for 35 Years. We’re Going Backwards.
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Decades ago, Mark Schleifstein and his colleagues exposed environmental threats coming out of industrial plants all along the Louisiana section of the Mississippi River. A lot of those plants never went away, and even more are moving in.
by Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune and The Advocate
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How We Found New Chemical Plants Are Being Built in South Louisiana’s Most Polluted Areas
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ProPublica and The Times-Picayune and The Advocate investigated the potential cancer-causing toxicity in the air. Using EPA data, public records requests and more, we found that some of the country’s most toxic air will likely get worse.
by Lylla Younes and Al Shaw, ProPublica, with Michael Petroni
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