‘Everything out the faucet is salt’: Louisianans struggle as drinking water crisis persists
by Oliver Laughland in Port Sulphur and Sara Sneath i from Environment | The Guardian on (#6FQSP)
New Orleans has avoided losing drinking water due to a saltwater wedge' traveling up the Mississippi River - but in Plaquemines parish, it has already happened
The first time Leah Chan's hair fell out, her heart pounded and she wept with fear.
It was June this year, and the 55-year-old worried that the thick clumps left in her hands were a sign of cancer. But her doctor suspected another cause: the water running through her pipes.
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