Google This: Cancer Alley
Wednesday, February 1, 2006
A quick Google search for the area’s least popular nickname turned up more than 1.6 million results. The top draw was “Putting Cancer Alley on the Map,” a 2002 article from the Citizen Computing Institute that claims sloppy record keeping at the state tumor registry has hampered scientific study of the effects of the industrial corridor on nearby residents.
Envirohealthaction.org warns while Cancer Alley between Baton Rouge and New Orleans gets the most attention, other disease clusters like Lafayette and Ouachita parishes chart higher-than-average mercury levels and cancer rates that should be addressed. Seeingblack.com wonders what effects Convent residents will feel from the polyvinyl chloride (PVC) produced by the impending Shintech plant.
The most bizarre result? One-man-band NNMaddox’s lo-fi bass-fest Gateway to Cancer Alley going for $6.79 on cdbaby.com.
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