Unfortunately for millions of Americans, there is a nearby neighbor that is making them sick. Local refinery community residents and their children pay a steep price for weak enforcement with their health, welfare and lives being greatly shortened the longer they live in these neighborhoods while regulatory agencies are typically missing in action. Plant managers and regulators do not live in these neighborhoods, but seem perfectly willing to say that the problems don't exist. What is life like for people in a refinery town? Take a tour and find out.
Spotlight on Hilton Kelley:
Port Arthur Blues
A Native Son Returns to Revitalize His Pollution-Plagued Neighborhood
The Texas Observer Feature 3/2002
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