BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – The CEO of the Louisiana Chemical Association told the Rotary Club of Baton Rouge on Wednesday that his industry must combat misinformation about health impacts in Louisiana’s industrial corridor.
David Cresson said Louisiana’s chemical industry faces unfair criticism about cancer rates in the area between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, commonly called “Cancer Alley.”
“Louisiana is this industry, just as much as it is sportsman’s paradise, it is industry mecca,” Cresson said. Louisiana’s best schools, jobs, and economic outcomes are near chemical plants, he added…