This slide from a presentation by Kimberly Terrell, director of community outreach for the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic in New Orleans, shows the relationship between PM 2.5 pollution (red signifies above-average levels from 2006 to 2015) and the relative COVID-19 death rate (circles) in Louisiana. Both PM 2.5 pollution and COVID-19 deaths are concentrated in the industrial corridor between New Orleans and Baton Rouge known as “Cancer Alley,” where many communities are majority-black.
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