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EPISODE · Oct 17, 2025 · 29 MIN

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

from Living Planet · host DW

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.”

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