Sugar plantations, Chemical Plants, COVID-19
The chemical plants in Cancer Alley are built where there once were sugar plantations. Descendants of enslaved communities still live nearby.
Combo Disaster and Environmental Injustice
Join us for the Disaster STS Network’s Fall 2021 virtual tour of Louisiana's Cancer Alley, a corridor of chemical plants along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans with shockin
Louisiana Environmental Action Network and the community members of Reserve LA/St John the Baptist Parish
A digital collection of material for field activities with LEAN and the community members of Reserve LA/St John the Baptist Parish.
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charts like this only show how any are in poverty. whats not shown is how these people and families got to this point and what the common theme is between them
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this diagram represents poverty rates from 15 years ago. this is the history of newarks poverty rates towards families children and more.
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this diagram shows how different age groups suffer from povert. as the years in age grow larger, the higher the numbers in poverty.
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this graph is a perfect representation of the affects any thing can have on communities. this graph can be correlated with things like natural disasters and their would be an increase in numbers.
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Joseph.schneiderchildren were tested for lead poisoning and their was a correlation between those who had lead poisoning and those who were homeless or a victim to poverty.