actively fighting against the petrochemical industry in Cancer Alley is Rise St. James. Rise St. James is a faith-based grassroots organization that fights for environmental justice and works to defeat the proliferation of petrochemical industries in St. James Parish, Louisiana. The organization successfully defeated the construction of a $1.25 billion plastics manufacturing plant in 2019 and is currently fighting to prevent Formosa Plastics from building a multibillion-dollar plant in the parish. Rise St. James is also committed to educating the community and those outside of the community about the chemicals they breathe in every day. The organization's website includes a "Chemical of the Month" page and provides information on a specific chemical and how much it is found in certain areas of Cancer Alley. In popular culture British industrial metal band Godflesh used a digitally altered image of a crucifix in front of Cancer Alley as the cover art for their 1996 album, Songs of Love and Hate. Sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild discusses the environmental and health conditions in Cancer Alley, as well as the socioeconomic and political ramifications, in her 2016 book Strangers in Their Own Land. See also Cancer cluster Environmental justice Environmental racism Environmental racism in the United States Love Canal McCastle v. Rollins Environmental Services Valley of the Drums References Further reading The documentary film "Fuel" by Josh Tickell. [www.thefuelfilm.com] External links Cancer Alley, Louisiana from Pollutionissues.com Cancer Alley: Myth or Fact?, Unwelcome Neighbors: How the poor bear the burdens of America's pollution. New Orleans Times-Picayune. Cancer Alley. BBC. Cancer Alley: Big Industry, Big Problems at MSNBC Environmental issues in the United States Environment of Louisiana Environment of Mississippi