Along an 85-mile stretch of road in , residents have seven times the risk than the national average, have been diagnosed with chronic health conditions and babies are born underweight at three times the national average. This road between Baton Rouge and New Orleans - on the banks of the River - has been dubbed 'Cancer Alley' and the people with houses along it .The area is home to approximately 200 fossil fuel and petrochemical operations - the largest concentration of these facilities in the western hemisphere.
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