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Breathing Poison: The Toxic Costs of Industries in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
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Document Date: 2014-08-28 12:49:46


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WESTLAKE PETROCHEMICALS CORP. / OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP. / ARCO CHEMICAL CORP. / MONTELL USA INC. / CARBOLINE CO. / LOUISIANA PIGMENT CO. / W.R. GRACE AND CO. / Mossville Environmental Action Now Inc. / Entergy/Gulf States Coal / CondeaVista / Communities / CONOCO / Mossville Area Industries / Lake Charles American Press / CITGO PETROLEUM CORP. / The Washington Post / Accidents CondeaVista 41 PPG Industries / McCall / OLIN CORP. / WESTLAKE STYRENE CORP. / Condea-Vista Chemical Company / CALCASIEU REFINING CO. / The New York Times / PPG INDUSTRIES INC. / CERTAINTEED CORP. / LA PPG Industries / Entergy / PHH / CONDEA-VISTA CO. / The Times / Agency for Toxic Substances / GEORGIA GULF / Dow / Baggett / BIOLAB INC. / WESTLAKE POLYMERS CORP. / /

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America / /

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Canada / United States / /

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M&A / Legal Issues / Man-Made Disaster / Product Issues / /

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Nelson Industrial Steam Plant / Love Canal / The National Cancer Institute / Entergy/Gulf States Coal-Fired Power Plant / CONOCO LAKE CHARLES REFINERY / Conoco Petrochemical Refinery / University of Texas Medical Branch / Citgo refinery / Arch Chemical / /

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by-product / Faulty equipment / health services / organized citizens / chlorinated manufacturing processes / manufacturing facilities / chemical exposure / unavoidable by-product / control / unintended by-product / toxic site / plastics / proper equipment / environmental health services / vinyl manufacturing / environmental / mile-long network / public relations advertisements / chemicals / anthropogenic chemicals / frequent chemical / respiratory systems / federal law / oil and gas refineries / chemical production involving chlorine / toxic chemical exposure / toxic chemicals / chemical factories / rubber-stamping permits / law / /

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tremors / allergies / seizures / arthritis / hives / bladder cancer / frequent vomiting / Heart Disease Cancer Stroke Diabetes Lung Disease Pneumonia / X Cancer / disorder / attention deficit disorder / illness / hypoglycemia / asthma / infertility / leukemia / toothaches / Cancer / shortness of breath / eczema / stroke / diabetes / endometriosis / diseases / high blood pressure / dizziness / kidney infections / headaches / chest pain / ear infections / heart disease / frequent diarrhea / lupus / excessive tooth loss / wheezing / Cancers / disease / bladder infections / persistent bronchitis / bladder disease / coughing / persistent anemia / heart failure / liver cancer / brain cancer / short-term memory loss / reproductive disorders / pleura cancers / frequent headaches / Links Dioxin To Cancer / serious illness / injuries / /

NaturalFeature

lake Sulphur / lake Charles / Mississippi River / Chicot Aquifer / Calcasieu Estuary / Gulf of Mexico / /

Organization

Bucket Brigade / University of Texas Medical Branch / World Health Organization / U.S. EPA office of Research and Development / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency / Vietnam Anymore Chapter / NORAN Project Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund / Nuclear Regulatory Commission / Greenpeace / Louisiana Office / Department of Health / Disease Registry / National Cancer Institute / USA INC / Calcasieu Parish Office / Louisiana office of Public Health / Citizens' Bucket Brigade / Food and Drug Administration / US Department of Agriculture Food Safety / LA PPG / United Nations' Commission on Human Rights / Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry / Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality / Calcasieu Parish office of Emergency Preparedness / United Nations / United Nations' World Health Organization / /

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Ethyl Ketone / Beth Zilbert / Damu Smith / Monique Harden / Shannon Clark / Sandra Steingraber / Prince / Pat Costner / Peter Orris / Laura Cox-Filo / Blane Bunderson / Marvin Legator / Dagmar Darjean / Denny Larson / Mary Streets / Patricia Hemphill / /

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noted toxicologist / President / official / Executive / spokesperson / Scientist / Prince / /

Product

Emergency Response Notification System / leaky valves / equipment / waste sites / unsafe conditions / facilities / /

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Louisiana / New York / Louisiana Based / New Mexico / Oklahoma / Mississippi / Calcasieu Parish / California / Georgia / Texas / World Is Calcasieu Parish / Florida / Arkansas / /

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New York Times / The New York Times / Chemosphere / The Washington Post / /

Region

Gulf of Mexico / southwest Louisiana / /

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3-D / /

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