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Fertilizer plants add to toxic loads in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’

This is the second story in series, “The Price of Plenty.” ST. JAMES PARISH, La. — From the crest of Louisiana’s Sunshine Bridge, the expanse of modern industry is laid out along the banks of the Mississippi River. Leviathan petrochemical plants loom over fields of sugarcane and livestock. Bright yellow hills of sulfur are visible […]