What you need to know
For the people of Louisiana’s River Parishes, the fight against petrochemical expansion is deeply personal. This stretch of the Mississippi River – where our families and community have called home for generations – is now known the world over as “Cancer Alley” because of the staggering concentration of industrial plants that line the river’s banks.
Industry has spent decades poisoning our air and water, taking up land, and making big promises for prosperity and jobs that we’re still waiting for. Every new facility means more pollution and more risk — in a region where our families already carry the burden of some of the highest cancer rates in the nation.



