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Pensacola

A Black Woman Fought for Her Community, and Her Life, Amidst Polluting Landfills and Vast ‘Borrow Pits’ Mined for Sand and Clay

LaFanette Soles-Woods’ home outside Pensacola, Florida, has been called one of America’s most environmentally unjust communities. It has more cancer cases than anyone can keep track of.

By Agya K. Aning

Neighbors Kelly Hagen (left) and Dixie Wilkinson stand in their respective yards on April 22, 2021 in Pensacola, Florida. Their homes are located next to the now closed American Creosote Works, now an EPA Superfund site which is causing environmental problems for the area and health problems for the residents who live near it. Credit: Dan Anderson

The EPA Calls an Old Creosote Works in Pensacola an Uncontrolled Threat to Human Health. Why Is There No Money to Clean it Up?

By Agya K. Aning, Katie Surma, Kristoffer Tigue

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