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Kimbrelle Kyereh
Coverage of Kimbrelle Kyereh in the Nexus archive.
- Louisiana communities are left in the dark on toxic air – and industry helped keep it that way
Louisiana communities near industrial facilities face toxic air exposure, but an industry-backed law limits the use of community-collected air data. Ten major polluters operate without public air monitors within five miles, and the state does not monitor three key carcinogens—ethylene oxide, chloroprene, and formaldehyde.
- Louisiana communities are left in the dark on toxic air — and industry helped keep it that way
Louisiana residents near industrial facilities face toxic air pollution with limited public monitoring. A 2023 industry-backed law restricted community-collected air data, and state monitors often lack proximity to major polluters or fail to test for key carcinogens like ethylene oxide, chloroprene, and formaldehyde.