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South Georgia town has several toxic plants; its mostly Black, brown residents are dying of cancer

Jan 19, 2022 | Environmental Justice, Press & Media

Rebekah Sager

Published January 14, 2022

A small nonprofit in Georgia has uncovered a shocking injustice facing a tiny town in the south of the state. Not only is pollution from several industrial facilities destroying the environment, but the mostly Black and brown community members are being diagnosed with a variety of illnesses at alarming rates.

Read the full article at the Daily Kos.

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