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Do EPA Chemicals Protections Protect 'Cancer Alley?'

Do EPA Chemicals Protections Protect 'Cancer Alley?'

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Do EPA Chemicals Protections Protect 'Cancer Alley?'

FromParts Per Billion

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Length:
13 minutes
Released:
Sep 30, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

There's a section of the Gulf Coast in the South that has significantly higher rates of cancer than other parts of the country. This section, nicknamed "Cancer Alley," is also home to dozens of chemical factories and petroleum refineries.Today on Parts Per Billion, we talk with Bloomberg Law's Pat Rizzuto about how the EPA calculates the risk of toxic chemical exposure in areas like Cancer Alley and about how some activists are using the agency's own data to prod it to change. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Sep 30, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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Parts Per Billion is Bloomberg Law's environmental policy podcast. We cover everything from air pollution, to toxic chemicals, to corporate sustainability, and climate change. The reporters from our environment desk offer an inside look at what's happening at Congress, in the courts, and at the federal agencies, and help explain the scientific and policy debates shaping environmental laws and regulations. Host: David Schultz