In Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley,’ Black communities get all of the pollution, few of the jobs

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Verite News, a nonprofit news organization with a mission to produce in-depth journalism in underserved communities in the New Orleans area.

Residents of the mostly Black communities sandwiched between chemical plants along the lower Mississippi River have long said they get most of the pollution but few of the jobs produced by the region’s vast petrochemical industry. 

A new study led by Tulane University backs up that view...