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St. John the Baptist Parish is a swampy, rural swath of Louisiana that straddles the Mississippi River. It's an unassuming place with one Walmart, a population of about 43,000, and local eateries like BRS Seafood, which had a line out the door on Easter weekend for crawfish. People stood six feet apart.
It also sits among a sprawling collection of chemical plants and oil refineries that snake along the river between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Because of the air pollution, environmental activists have dubbed St. John and its neighboring river parishes as "Cancer Alley."
read more https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/15/us/louisiana-st-john-the-baptist-coronavirus/index.html
It also sits among a sprawling collection of chemical plants and oil refineries that snake along the river between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. Because of the air pollution, environmental activists have dubbed St. John and its neighboring river parishes as "Cancer Alley."
read more https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/15/us/louisiana-st-john-the-baptist-coronavirus/index.html