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A mound of oil drums near the Baton Rouge ExxonMobil Refinery along the Mississippi River in December 1972.. Cancer Alley is the regional nickname given to an 85-mile (137 km) stretch of land [1] along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, in the River Parishes of Louisiana, which contains over 200 [2] petrochemical plants and refineries. [3]
PLAQUEMINE, La. (AP) — A fire at a Louisiana chemical plant triggered explosions that shook homes several miles away and sent flames and smoke billowing into the air, prompting emergency ...
Plaquemine: Greek Revival 1848 former parish courthouse serves today as the Iberville Museum. Also part of Plaquemine Historic District since its creation on October 30, 1989. [7] 10: Live Oaks Plantation: Live Oaks Plantation: November 20, 1974 : Along LA 77, about 435 yards (398 m) northwest of intersection with LA 76
The city of Plaquemine is located at (30.284044, −91.240485) [11] and has an elevation of 23 feet (7.0 m) above sea level Plaquemine is located at the junction of Bayou Plaquemine and the Mississippi River.
Researchers using high-tech air monitoring equipment rolled through an industrialized stretch of southeast Louisiana in mobile labs and found levels of a carcinogen in concentrations as much as 20 ...
The class action settlement reached with Chemtool and its parent company Lubrizol Corp. includes an estimated 2,700 homeowners and tenants who lived within 3 miles of the lubricant production ...
BioLab Inc. is a division of KiK Consumer Products that specializes in the manufacturing of chemicals for use in swimming pools. The company has faced ongoing scrutiny regarding its problematic safety record, most recently following a fire at its Conyers, Georgia plant which put 90,000 citizens of the region under shelter-in-place restrictions.
After the war, the Olins acquired the Mathieson Chemical Corporation—also founded in 1892. [8] [9] [10] Long before its association with Olin, Mathieson Alkali Works began business in Saltville, Virginia, and a year later acquired its neighbor, the Holston Salt and Plaster Corp. Saltville became a quintessential company town, where they produced chlorine and caustic soda, and in the process ...