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Women on the Frontline: Fight for a Better Life in Cancer Alley
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports a staggering 95% higher risk of cancer due to air pollution for residents in this area compared to the rest of the United States. This tragedy has earned the corridor the morbid moniker, "Cancer Alley," a term underscored by UN human rights experts in 2021 as a stark example of "environmental racism.”
As the United States faces the possibility of electing its first woman of color as President, the fight for environmental justice in Cancer Alley becomes even more significant. On the frontlines of this battle, women—most of them African American—are powering the environmental justice movement.
Who are they? What is their purpose? How do they fight these industries?
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