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Steve visits two Louisiana towns where residents have decided they’d rather leave than live next to petrochemical plants. Fleeing what they fear are toxic emissions from the plants, the mostly-black residents have abandoned one town and may soon leave the other deserted as well.
Steve visits two Louisiana towns where residents have decided they’d rather leave than live next to petrochemical plants. Fleeing what they fear are toxic emissions from the plants, the mostly-black residents have abandoned one town and may soon leave the other deserted as well.