Shannon Rainey, longtime Gordon Plaza resident, shares her discovery of toxic trash buried in her backyard.

ID: 5404 ~ Source: Video courtesy of the Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies at the University of New Orleans. ~ Creator: Oral history interview with Shannon Rainey conducted by Lones Gagnard, Vickie Lacoste, Ella McIntire, and Daniel Lamplugh. ~ Date: February 2019.

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Toxic Chemicals Deposited at Agriculture Street Landfill

By Kathryn O'Dwyer

In 1948, facing increased public health concerns, the Louisiana State Legislature passed a law prohibiting open-air landfills in highly populated areas. [1] However, New Orleans city officials…