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REFERENCES

TEXT REFERENCES

"Climate Change Increased Chances of Record Rains in Louisiana by at Least 40 Percent."  (2016). Web.

"Louisiana." Sealevelrise.org. Web. 11/03/2020.

Surviving Cancer Alley. New Orleans: Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, 2020. Print.

“Waiting to Die:” Toxic Emissions and Disease near the Louisiana Denka/Dupont Plant.: University Network for Human Rights, 2019. Print.

Baurick, Tristan, Lylla Younes, and Joan Meiners. "Welcome to “Cancer Alley,” Where Toxic Air Is About to Get Worse."  (2019). Web. 11/05/2020.

Colten, Craig E. "The Rusting of the Chemical Corridor." Technology and Culture 47.1 (2006): 95-101. Print.

Kolbert, Elizabeth. "Louisiana’s Disappearing Coast." The New Yorker 2019. Print.

Mallman, E., and M. D. Zoback. "Subsidence in the Louisiana Coastal Zone Due to Hydrocarbon Production." Journal of Coastal Research  (2007): 443-48. Print.

Surrusco, Emilie Karrick. "Cancer Alley Rises Up." Earthjustice 2020. Web. 04/11/2020.

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LOCAL CONTACTS

Mary Williams, Assistant Director of Community & Student Engagement, DSCEJ (interviewed 11/12/2020)

Vickie Boothe, former environmental engineer and epidemiologist at the CDC & EPA, current partner of 350 New Orleans (interviewed 11/14/2020)

Michael Orr, representative from LEAN (interviewed 11/16/2020)

Local Resident of St. James Parish (requested to remain nameless), (interviewed 12/05/2020)

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IMAGES

Clarke, Giles. Aerial Photograph of Refinery along the Mississippi. Business Insider, 9 April 2019, https://www.businessinsider.com/louisiana-cancer-alley-photos-oil-refineries-chemicals-pollution-2019-11.

Clarke, Giles. Photograph of Cemetery with Refinery. NBC News, 21 June 2020, https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/cancer-alley-renewed-focus-systemic-racism-too-late-n1231602.

Grunfeld, David. Photograph of St. Gabriel Roman Catholic Church. ProPublica, 30 October 2019, https://www.propublica.org/article/welcome-to-cancer-alley-where-toxic-air-is-about-to-get-worse.

Messina, John. "A MOUNTAIN OF DAMAGED OIL DRUMS NEAR THE EXXON REFINERY". National Archives Catalog, Dec 1972, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/546000.

Misrach, Richard. "Bulk Cargo Ship, Bonne Carre Spillway, near Norco, Louisiana". 1998, https://atlasofplaces.com/photography/petrochemical-america/.

Misrach, Richard. "Swamp and Pipeline, Geismar, Louisiana". 1998, https://atlasofplaces.com/photography/petrochemical-america/.

Orff, Kate. "Ecological Atlas to 'Petrochemical America'". Our Daily Planet, 4 June, 2019, https://www.ourdailyplanet.com/story/louisianas-cancer-alley-visualized%E2%80%8B/.

Widmer, William. Photograph of The March Against Death Alley. Rolling Stone, 30 October 2019, https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/louisiana-cancer-alley-getting-more-toxic-905534/.

Photograph of Refinery at Sunset. Phys Org, 14 December 2018. https://phys.org/news/2018-12-contest-worst-air-pollutant.html.

Photograph of Gas Flare at Shell Chemical LP Petroleum Refinery, Norco, Louisiana. The Independent, 17 April 2020, https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cancer-alley-coronavirus-louisiana-new-orleans-cases-trump-pollution-a9470796.html.

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