Federal Judge Rules Against Helping Residents Of 'Cancer Alley'

The Environmental Protection Agency was blocked from enforcing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act’s disparate-impact requirements against agencies in Louisiana. Dr. Rashad Richey and Yasmin Aliya Khan discuss on Indisputable. Tell us what you think in the comments below.

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"A federal judge on Tuesday night blocked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) from enforcing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act’s disparate-impact requirements against Louisiana agencies.

Judge James D. Cain, a Trump appointee, ruled against residents of a stretch of parishes along the Mississippi River known as “Cancer Alley,” an epicenter of petrochemical manufacturing in the U.S. with disproportionately high rates of cancer."

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