re: Biden just mentioned fighting to get rid of Louisiana's Cancer Alley

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In 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency published its fifth National Air Toxics Assessment, which found that the five census tracts with the highest estimated cancer risk nationally were in Louisiana in the area surrounding Denka Performance Elastomer, a neoprene manufacturing facility in St. John the Baptist Parish. Residents in the this area face an elevated risk of cancer because of the plant’s chloroprene emissions, according to the federal agency. The federal study looked at air emissions in the area and their potential to cause cancer, rather than reports of actual cancer cases.

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But the Louisiana Tumor Registry found that the census tract where Denka is located did not have a significantly higher rate of cancer than the state overall for all cancers combined from 2005 to 2015, according to a news release about the new report. A spokesman for Denka Performance Elastomer said that this is not the first report to show that there is no evidence of elevated risk of cancer in the area around the plant.

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Report on Louisiana cancer rates finds ‘results are mixed’ on link between industry and cancer

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