#Toxic school: How the government failed #Black residents in #Louisiana's '#CancerAlley'
By Maite Amorebieta, Cynthia McFadden, Katie Reimchen and Rich Schapiro - March 16, 2023
"For decades, a #rubber plant near an elementary school has been spewing a carcinogenic chemical into the air. Residents wonder why it’s still allowed to remain in operation.
"The Environmental Protection Agency first warned of the dangers of the plant seven years ago. Yet, it has been allowed to continue to operate even though it sits about 450 feet from the Fifth Ward Elementary School.
"Many of the families here live in homes that were built by their ancestors and passed down through generations. Mary Hampton, 83, said her father worked his whole life to buy a piece of land from which he gifted sections to each of his nine children."
#EPA #EnvironmentalRacism #RubberPlant #DuPont
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/toxic-school-government-failed-black-residents-louisianas-cancer-alley-rcna72504