OpEd: “I want to live as long as God says for me to live, without being poisoned by pollution.”
is intended to inhibit intentional pollution based on race, color, or national origin, fund programs for parks and recreational activities in urban areas, and establish requirements for hazard labeling on products that have potentially harmful ingredients.
“I used to be able to grow my flowers,” says Myrtle Felton, a resident of the town of Covenant and cofounder of Inclusive Louisiana, an environmental advocacy nonprofit dedicated to protecting southern Louisiana parishes from industrial pollution. “My yard was beautiful with flowers. Now it’s to the point where it's hard to raise them.”
Dr. Terrell also says that Felton is likely observing the corrosion of the metal on her property due to the plants' release of pollutants like sulfuric acid mist and hydrogen fluoride. “It's kind of like when people smoke cigarettes and they develop lung cancer,” Dr. Terrell explains. “You really can't tell a person, ‘This is where your cancer came from,’ but we can say with certainty that you increased your risk by smoking.
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