Cancer Alley

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Post by Red_Tarsius » Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 7:17 PM UTC

Cancer Alley
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Post by johnea » Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 7:41 PM UTC

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Post by fsflover » Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 7:44 PM UTC

johnea wrote: post #2

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY » Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 7:44 PM UTC

Long Island (where I live), is likely just as bad, but probably from the water (as opposed to the air).

But we have a lot of billionaires, and developers, with significant investment in local real estate.

I'm sure that has nothing to do with how quiet things are, about it.

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Post by shapenamer » Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 7:49 PM UTC

johnea wrote: post #2

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linking random wiki articles with 0 context is extremely common and seemingly accepted on HN. Always confused me as well but /shrug.

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Post by croisillon » Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 7:53 PM UTC

20% of the article have been removed on September 6th

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Post by iambateman » Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 7:54 PM UTC

> Louisiana Chemical Association President Greg Bowser responded to President Biden's remarks on the region, refuting claims that residents of the industrial corridor have a higher risk of developing cancer in multiple articles.

I don't doubt his sincerity...but this illustrates how far people are willing to go to keep power. It is sad to think that a person would ignore evidence that their business kills people to protect profit. This is why we need strong regulatory bodies.

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Post by NoZebra120vClip » Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 7:57 PM UTC

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Post by poulpy123 » Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 8:01 PM UTC

I'm confused to why there is also a french name. I get that it was french at one point but it was 200 years ago, and afaik very little people in the area still speak french

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Post by RyanHamilton » Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 8:04 PM UTC

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #4

Long Island (where I live), is likely just as bad, but probably from the water (as opposed to the air). But we have a lot of billionaires, and developers, with significant investment in local real estate. I'm sure that has nothing to do with how quiet things are, about it.

The richest live at the very end in the cleanest area: https://www.savethesound.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/MapC... though the good news it's been getting better.