creosote – Environment and Race: How are journalists covering environmental racism?

CHAPTER 4

Rodney Morris who lives adjacent to the Koppers plant points to Glade Creek where contamination was found. Photo courtesy of the Southern Illinoisan.

RELATIVES THINK A CANCER CLUSTER IN THEIR FAMILY IS CAUSED BY PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO KOPPERS POLLUTION On the verge of the Great Depression, Fredrick Tisdale, one of the only black farmers in Carbondale, Il., moved north of the former Koppers Inc. wood-treating plant to start a family and plant roots in the town. Mr.Continue reading “CHAPTER 3”