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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
Well, the whole place is still called Baton Rouge. Anyway there are a few French speakers left. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Louisiana_parishes_by_...
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Nassau County, for sure. I know there's at least one town that is a known breast cancer hotspot. I was attending a gathering, about two years ago, that had a lot of folks (about 40), attending remotely. Mostly women; many immuno-compromised. I remember looking at the remote attendees screen, and counting the women that were currently getting, or had just gotten over, cancer treatment. I counted six. I also knew of a…
> I don't know what the average is supposed to be, but I think 6/60 (10%), is a wee bit high. The going estimate is that Americans have a 40% chance of getting cancer in their lifetimes [1] so it really depends on the age distribution of the sample. For an older group, 10% might not be that high. [1] https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/understanding/statistics
I will say that New York is the best damn place on Earth to get cancer treatment. I've seen many, many people fight cancer, since I moved here, but only a few have died.
I just saw this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT9mrbIxeBE and it sounded like an interesting topic to bring on HN. I didn't know about the "Cancer Alley" in Louisiana, but I figure most countries have their own alleys of death. I live in Italy and Taranto is notorious for this reason. The city was home to one of biggest steel producers in Europe. The local economy revolved around the steel plant, but people f…
I wonder about the historical trends in these types of zones. Presumably they didn't exist prior to the industrial revolution?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux_mixture
(This one was invented after the Industrial Revolution started but it was used far away from most factories.)
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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.
You're not really expected to provide context when posting to HN. If something's interesting, it's interesting. I think of the Wikipedia articles as implicit "TIL" posts.
> 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 p…
Saudi Arabia has pledged to bring down their fossil fuel emissions, publicly launching the "Saudi Green Initiative" in 2022, signing the Paris Climate agreement, endorsing the UN's climate goals.
They've also seen that there's a "risk" of reduced oil demand around the world and quietly setup the "Oil-demand Sustainability Program" to "artificially stimulate demand in some key markets", (promote combustion engine cars and aircraft travel in Africa and South East Asia) and their energy minister wants them to be "the last man standing, and every molecule of hydrocarbon will come out".
They have a 46 point plan to promote oil, spanning 17 government entities, including things like investing in roads and airports, making sure ICE (gas/diesel) engines are low-cost and competitive potentially a JV with a car OEM to make a low-cost ICE car, supporting low-cost airlines, restarting development of supersonic aircraft because they use so much fuel, establishing local ICE car part manufacturing facilities which will have an oil uplift, accelerate deployment of last-mile delivery and ride-hailing apps in underserved markets and "ensure the deployment of an ICE-fleet", "support the deployment of bus transportation across developing countries to capture the increasing diesel demand", support research to make marine Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) scrubbers cheaper than switching to LNG or biofuels and promote regulations that allow continued use of HFO, etc. etc.
Related: For those interested in point-and-click / text-based games, check out the game NORCO, which is about the city Norco (named for the refinery that graces its skyline), a suburb of New Orleans. It's actually an extremely accurate representation of the socioeconomics of the area (which is painful to admit), and has some truly gorgeous pixel art.
It amazes me you have this dense urban area with ultra strict vehicle emissions rules, where low income people struggle to get their cars to pass, and yet you have these refineries down the street flaring regularly and sending up massive plumes of black soot.
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i don't know enough about the topic to derive any meaning unfortunately
Here are the changes: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cancer_Alley&diff...
Some strangely interesting flame wars there about similar edits.
Somewhat related, True Detective season 1 is set in this area. Reading this article made me realize that the the cinematography is very effective in using the pollution as a metaphor for social decay. Some stills: https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/3FleEbfQmPxX0b0pXp--7OF3... https://gerryco23.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/true-detective...
I just saw this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT9mrbIxeBE and it sounded like an interesting topic to bring on HN. I didn't know about the "Cancer Alley" in Louisiana, but I figure most countries have their own alleys of death. I live in Italy and Taranto is notorious for this reason. The city was home to one of biggest steel producers in Europe. The local economy revolved around the steel plant, but people f…
I wonder about the historical trends in these types of zones. Presumably they didn't exist prior to the industrial revolution?