Post-Katrina environmental catastrophe: A Diary of Toxic Injustice

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Katrina's path tore through some of the most heavily polluted territory on Earth. Ninety-five years of exploitation of regional oil and gas reserves fueled the proliferation of refineries and chemical factories along the lower Mississippi River. The heavily industrialized and populated stretch of river between Baton Rouge and New Orleans has been dubbed Cancer Alley. The hurricane stirred up this "toxic gumbo" and heaped misery upon misery.

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http://www.seen.org/pages/Katrina/pollution.shtml