WELCOME TO MOSSVILLE
This is one of the sites that greeted us coming over the 1-10 bridge from Lake Charles into Mossville, LA. Smoke stacks and gas flares sending enough pollutants into the air to give this section of Louisiana one of the highest dioxin contamination rates in the country. Mossville is an historically African-American community founded by freedmen and women at the end of the Civil War. Mossville Environmental Action Now has been organizing for over 15 years for redress, relocation, health care and cleanup of their community.
This blog captures the reflections, revelations and experiences of 8 Sarah Lawrence College Graduate Health Advocacy Program students who are working for and with Mossville Environmental Action Now. MEAN and HAP are conducting research on the ignored and unmet health care needs of a refinery fenceline community carrying the enormous body burden of toxins emitted from the 13 chemical and facilities within a a half mile of their homes.
This blog captures the reflections, revelations and experiences of 8 Sarah Lawrence College Graduate Health Advocacy Program students who are working for and with Mossville Environmental Action Now. MEAN and HAP are conducting research on the ignored and unmet health care needs of a refinery fenceline community carrying the enormous body burden of toxins emitted from the 13 chemical and facilities within a a half mile of their homes.
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