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Posted on 8/6/18 at 4:04 pm to CBLSU316
"Breathing while black" 
Posted on 8/6/18 at 4:05 pm to fightin tigers
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Cancer Alley...Most of the towns here are poor and black....
I would love to see some statistics.
My dad used to call it the cancer belt. He's a civil, geotechnical, and environmental engineer, and worked in Baton Rouge and Lake Charles through the early and mid 80s. And pollution was so bad and widespread, it was a major reason why we left Louisiana. They really didn't give a shite back then.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 4:14 pm to CCTider
Reserve and Garyville or both about 55/45 black and white population. Many of the people that live there also work in the same facilities. Where is the breathing while white video?
Posted on 8/6/18 at 4:26 pm to CBLSU316
"We are still deep in slavery."
How can someone take a guy like that serious when he is saying that?
How can someone take a guy like that serious when he is saying that?
Posted on 8/6/18 at 4:32 pm to Deactived
Man, that big company sits on land his family used to own.
I mean, don't ask how much they sold it for or what happened to the money, that's not important here.
I mean, don't ask how much they sold it for or what happened to the money, that's not important here.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 5:06 pm to fightin tigers
Doesn't matter. Read RS 14:337. It doesn't matter where you are. You can't use a drone to film a chemical facility.
RS 14:337
ETA: link
RS 14:337
ETA: link
This post was edited on 8/6/18 at 5:12 pm
Posted on 8/6/18 at 5:15 pm to WildManGoose
Any evidence that action has been taken towards that law?
Would be interesting to see a case brought.
Would be interesting to see a case brought.
This post was edited on 8/6/18 at 5:16 pm
Posted on 8/6/18 at 5:56 pm to SeeeeK
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I have no clue about this, but i don't doubt 1 word about them being poisoned.
If we were talking about 60 years ago I would agree with that statement.
Any type of fugitive air emissions are strictly monitored these days. Depending on the type of chemical process most facilities are required to participate in some type of leak detection and reduction program.
There are even periodic study’s inside the facilities where employees wear air monitors on there person. The normal result of this even in people with direct contact with chemicals are normally in a low ppm range.
The event of large scale exposure from the air is very unlikely during NORMAL operation.
Now water pollution and run off might be a different story. You could make more of a case there.
Most of this types of things are bullshite scare tactics and lack very little knowledge about the subject at hand.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 6:03 pm to CBLSU316
Reserve, LA has one thing going for it...Riverside Academy...which still portrays a nice 1983 look.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 6:07 pm to PiscesTiger
When is the last time you stepped on campus?
Posted on 8/6/18 at 6:07 pm to LSUPhreaK
2 years ago. What did I miss?
Posted on 8/6/18 at 6:42 pm to PiscesTiger
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Riverside Academy
They are struggling. That small town private school isn't working out great for them right now and the football team lost a lot.
And yes, these stupid smear pieces are funny. If they wanted to present another side of the story, they could very easily find many people who live in the area who have made a good living working at these places and are into are about to enter great retirements.
I can't speak for all the places, but the major refiners of the area are stupid anal about their environmental and safety issues. You better not spill a drop of WD-40 on the ground or shite will get real. Your average joe changing his oil in the area is polluting more than the refineries.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 6:47 pm to CBLSU316
They claimed the cancer rate is 700-800 times that of US average.
Being that 1 in 4 men will die of cancer nationally that's obviously bullshite.
Being that 1 in 4 men will die of cancer nationally that's obviously bullshite.
This post was edited on 8/6/18 at 6:57 pm
Posted on 8/6/18 at 7:10 pm to Bass_Man
Also relating to the subject in the op. I bet working in the petrochemical industry has moved more African American families out of poverty, than it has adversely affected in that region.
I bet there are many families that went from absolute poverty to middle class in less than a generation. It is a perfect example of the American dream.
I bet there are many families that went from absolute poverty to middle class in less than a generation. It is a perfect example of the American dream.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 7:41 pm to Bass_Man
Agree, bass.
Or another way to look at it is if you don’t feel safe there...move. And if you did not prepare yourself to be educated, and take advantage of any opportunity that may come your way in a new town, oh well.
I have a hard time feeling sorry for many people in this world.
Or another way to look at it is if you don’t feel safe there...move. And if you did not prepare yourself to be educated, and take advantage of any opportunity that may come your way in a new town, oh well.
I have a hard time feeling sorry for many people in this world.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 7:46 pm to OysterPoBoy
Or Uganda, Congo, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, kenYa, Mozambique, Somalia, Ethiopia, SA, etc. Bet it’s a food desert also.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:48 pm to CBLSU316
The video says the chemical they're talking about attacks the liver, stomach, kidneys, and reproductive systems.
The guy interviewed mentions how many of his family have died from lung cancer. Something doesn't add up there.
The guy interviewed mentions how many of his family have died from lung cancer. Something doesn't add up there.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:53 pm to fightin tigers
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Environmental Racism - Reserve, LA
Cancer Alley...Most of the towns here are poor and black....
I would love to see some statistics.
99% of the neighboring towns and neighborhoods began as predominantly white, mostly employeee, residents. Exxon in Baton Rouge is great example, but once people realized living next to these facilities is prob not healthy they moved out. Prices plummet and the people who chose to buy or rent there at dirt cheap prices move in. This is not a race thing its a choice. Those facilities were there long before the minorities.
Posted on 8/6/18 at 9:56 pm to LSUgusto
That whole area from Laplace to Garyville is a crack infested rat hole. shite choices have lead to their poor health more than anything.
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