LOUISIANA, USA: TOXIC GUMBO
Photos by Giles Clarke Text - Micheal Stahl/Narratively
The waterway linking Gulf Coast oil with the refineries of Baton Rouge has brought great prosperity to Louisiana. But the people living in “Cancer Alley” have a different story to tell. A recent study of EPA data that appeared in USA Today indicates that the air outside many Baton Rouge schools is among the nation’s most toxic.