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"Cancer Alley Case Gets Surprising Support" [1]

"Mossville Louisiana sits in the shadow of 14 petrochemical refineries. When residents felt the US Government wasn’t protecting their right to a healthy environment, they reached past the American regulators, legislators and courts to take their case to the highest human rights court in the western hemisphere. Now candid approval from the highest U.S. environmental regulator appears to have boosted their petition."

Ike Sriskandarajah Reports for Living on Earth airdate week of July 29, 2011. [2]

Environmental Health [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [5]
Public [6]
Source: Living on Earth [2], 08/01/2011
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/cancer-alley-case-gets-surprising-support [2] http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programid=11-p13-00030&segmentid=1 [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southeast [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81