For months now, Sharon Lavigne, a former special education teacher turned environmentalist, has told just about everyone she meets of the dangers posed if a planned plastics plant is built near her home just outside New Orleans in Louisiana’s notorious “Cancer Alley.” The founder of a local environmental group, Lavigne, 72, is worried about a … Continue reading For Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley,’ Study Shows An Even Graver Risk From Toxic Gases