 Ethylene oxide is just one of many industrial chemicals poisoning Black communities in Cancer Alley. But their attempts to seek justice are being met with pushback. In 2022, local environmental justice groups sought help from the Environmental Protection Agency under part of the Civil Rights Act known as Title VI. They said that by approving so many industrial facilities in majority Black districts, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality had engaged in racial discrimination. Ethylene oxide is just one of many