Louisiana communities are left in the dark on toxic air – and industry helped keep it that way

Guardian World•Mon, Jul 20, 2026, 02:00 PM•2 min read

Lawmakers weakened community air monitoring as industry pushed back against greater scrutiny Kimbrelle Kyereh lives just a few hundred feet from the massive chemical storage tanks in St Rose, in south-eastern Louisiana . Oily fumes sometimes drift into her home, bringing headaches, nausea and in...

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