![UN rights experts urge end to environmental racism in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’](https://www.jurist.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2020/07/pollution_1596026536.png)
UN human rights experts called on US officials to end environmental racism in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley” on Tuesday, citing concerns over future development plans that could double the already elevated risk of cancer for area residents. Cancer Alley, which encompasses most of the St. James Parish, gets its name from the increased levels of cancer [...]