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Babies born in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ record lower birth weight, preterm births – report (www.theguardian.com)

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New report shows babies born in notorious industrial corridor experience low birth weight at three times the national average

Newborns living in the worst-polluted areas of Louisiana, including an 85-mile industrial corridor known as “Cancer Alley”, experience low birth weights at more than three times the national average, according to data cited in a report released Thursday. The rate of preterm births there is also twice the national average, researchers found.

In parts of Louisiana near fossil fuel and petrochemical plants, low birth weight rates reached 27% and preterm births rates 25%, according to research from Tulane University that was published in a Human Rights Watch report on Thursday. The full paper linking pollution and reproductive health is currently under peer review for publication in the journal Environmental Research: Health.

“The level of human health crisis is identifiable and preventable,” said Antonia Juhasz, a senior researcher at Human Rights Watch and the report’s lead author. Juhasz interviewed dozens of residents of Louisiana’s petrochemical region known as Cancer Alley, a string of predominantly Black communities between Baton Rouge and New Orleans that is home to more than 200 petrochemical plants. The region has one of the highest pollution-related cancer rates in the country.

Residents interviewed for the report described a host of ailments, including breast, prostate and liver cancers, in addition to several accounts of reproductive problems including preterm births, miscarriage and stillbirths.

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[–] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

a string of predominantly Black communities between Baton Rouge and New Orleans that is home to more than 200 petrochemical plants. The region has one of the highest pollution-related cancer rates in the country.

I'd be nice if America could stop killing black ppl. I'd be happy with a solid week. Our collective blood pressure would go down at least

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That would have had to start with not ending Reconstruction early.

[–] ThrowawayInTheYear23@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Hanging or imprisoning the leaders of the CSA might have helped.