Article 6NEYN America's Notorious 'Cancer Alley' Is Even More Toxic Than We Thought

America's Notorious 'Cancer Alley' Is Even More Toxic Than We Thought

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Naveena Sadasivam, Grist
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Since the 1980s, the 85-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that connects New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been known as Cancer Alley." The name stems from the fact that the area's residents have a 95% greater chance of developing cancer than the average American. A big reason for this is the...

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