Profit Obsession Inflames Environmental Racism

By David Suzuki Pollution is so bad along the 137-kilometre industrial corridor between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, that it’s been dubbed “Cancer Alley.” Cancer rates among the area’s predominantly Black residents are far higher than in the rest of the United States. A 2023 study in Environmental Challenges found they’re exposed to seven to 21 times … Continue reading Profit Obsession Inflames Environmental Racism