Five-day marathon to state capitol leaves Reserve,where chemical factory presents greatest risk of cancer to surrounding communityDemonstrators in Louisiana stepped off on a five-day march on Thursday, demanding environmental justice for a region besieged by toxic pollution from chemical plants.
The protest began just a few hundred feet from a factory in Reserve, and Louisiana,that presents the greatest risk of cancer to the surrounding community of any in the nation, according to government data.
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Source: theguardian.com