Are cancer rates really higher in the area called "Cancer Alley?"There is an 85-mile industrial corridor that stretches from Baton Rouge to New...

No.

You could speculate that
there is, however how would you do a study to difinitively state that there IS more
cancer in Cancer Alley?

Well some undeciding factors how
many people smoke? Second hand smoke? How many people work outside? How many people work
in the area and are affected by it? How many people only live there? How were people
effected during Katrina?

The biggest question would be how
many people are going to give you their family history from other patrs of the country
that can difinitively state that, yes or no, the chemicles from the oil refineries, the
chemicles from other plants are or are not the cause of incresed cancer in this area, or
any other for that matter.

It is easier to find something
like a tendancy to grow moles than find a difinitive cause for cancer because of the
environment. A study could be dont to state that YES these chemicles that cause cancer
are in this water. But as far as actually and difinitively stating that this is the
cdause of more cancer, this research alone would not be
possible.

Some studies have tried and still there is not
any, Shell does a study says that the very cancer rate is lower, and someone else does
one tat says it is higher.