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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > campaigns, elections and electoral behavior > campaigns, elections, and the law > natural environment > environmental deterioration > pollution > Cancer Alley
... > social science subjects > geography > geographic features > natural environment > environmental deterioration > pollution > Cancer Alley
... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > ideologies > libertarianism > libertarianism and policy > natural environment > environmental deterioration > pollution > Cancer Alley
... > social science subjects > sociology > social problems > social problems encyc > population and environment > pollution > Cancer Alley

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Cancer Alley  

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  • The land known to the Louisiana environmental justice movement as Cancer Alley follows the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to New Orleans. Otherwise known as the chemical corridor, this area is home to facilities producing gasoline, fertilizers, plastics, and numerous other petrochemical products. [Source: Encyclopedia of Environment and Society; Cancer Alley]

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