Baptized in PCBs:Race Polution and Justice in an All-American Town

This month marks two decades since the Monsanto chemical company settled with residents of the town of Anniston. The payments were over health issues blamed on chemicals called PCBs that Monsanto started manufacturing back in the mid 1930’s. People living in Anniston say cases of cancer and other medical problems were linked to PCB exposure. It was a situation that didn’t harm just one generation, but many. Alabama Public Radio asked one longtime resident to explain what happened to her family and how it impacted the direction her life would take.

“Baptized in PCBs: Race, Pollution, and Justice in an All-American Town”Author: Ellen Griffith Spears Publisher: The University of North Carolina…