Plastic Industry Pollution To Overtake Coal In Us By 2030, Report Says

Tim De Chant, Ars Technica
Sun, 10/24/2021 - 4:15am

Enlarge / Smoke billows from one of many chemical plants near Baton Rouge, La. 'Cancer Alley' is one of the most polluted areas of the US and lies along the once pristine Mississippi River that stretches some 80 miles from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, where a dense concentration of oil refineries, petrochemical plants, and other chemical industries reside alongside suburban homes.

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