Human Rights Watch’s 98-page report, “‘We’re Dying Here’: The Fight for Life in a Louisiana Fossil Fuel Sacrifice Zone,” documents how residents of Cancer Alley suffer the effects of extreme pollution from the fossil fuel and petrochemical industry, facing elevated rates and risks of maternal, reproductive, and newborn health harms, cancer, and respiratory ailments.
These harms are disproportionately borne by the area’s Black residents. The report highlights our community partners in the area and quotes our co-founder, Ruhan Nagra.