Cancer Alley Pre-Tee ens Demand to Not Be Made into Another Sacrifice Zone
May 18 , 2023
Photo credit : Josie Ygnatowiz By Sharon
Franklin . In a recent op‐ed , by Kamea Sibley
Ozane and Roishetta Sibley Ozane in Teen Vogue , a
Louisianaa mother and daughter are followed on how they got involved in climate activism . Kamea is a 10‐year‐old who lives in Sulphur , Louisiana near the Gulf Coast with her mom and brothers and sisters . She recently learned that pollution from oil and gas was making her and her environment sick , as well as contributing to climate change . She talks about how one week before her 10 th birthday party everything changed . Her skin started to burn , itch
, and break out . She went to the doctor , and was told she had a skin disease , and could not have her birthday party . She was told her skin disease would heal , but it didn ’ t . She returned to the doctor and more tests were done and it was finally decided that her skin conditionn was caused by her environment and the polluted air was the reason her skin was