Can a cancer hotspot be saved from our addiction to plastic?
17 October 2025

Can a cancer hotspot be saved from our addiction to plastic?

Deutsche Welle

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The harm of plastics on human health is well known, but what about their impact on the people living near the plants that produce them? In this episode, we hear from the women on the frontlines of the fight against petrochemical companies in one of the US’s most toxic strips of land known as “Cancer Alley.”