re: ‘Certainly intimidation’: Louisiana sues EPA for emails of journalists and ‘Cancer Alley’

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The information regarding specific pollutants is available.

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That's great. Then as a lawyer you have the information to develop a solid case.

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No one has reallydisputed the unusually high cancer rates.

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The dispute is about fault.

Being labeled Cancer Alley is a little disingenuous. Geographic cancer clusters occur through the US. For example eastern Kentucky/western WV is a major cluster for cancerous neoplasms, lung cancer . Along the Mississippi River delta going into NOLA there is a cluster of breast cancer, pancreatic cancer and prostate cancer. There are clusters of uterine cancer along the eastern seaboard. Kidney cancer hits south-southwest Louisiana and Texas the most. Liver cancer is brutal along the Texas border. Testicular cancer hits SoCal hard. non-Hodgkins lymphoma hits the Midwest hard.

IMO the biggest factor is genetics and epigenetics. That's why we see cancer clusters of different types around the nation.