HJBR Jan/Feb 2020

Polluter’s Paradise By Tristan Baurick, The Times-Picayune and The Advocate , Lylla Younes, ProPublica , and Joan Meiners, The Times-Picayune and The Advocate Air quality has improved for decades across the U.S., but Louisiana is backslid- ing. Our analysis found that a crush of new industrial plants will increase concen- trations of cancer-causing chemicals in predominantly black and poor communities. This article was produced in partnership with The Times-Picayune and The Advocate, which is a mem- ber of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. Welcome to “Cancer Alley,”Where Toxic Air Is About to GET WORSE