that part hit me the most, hes stuck in this shitshow and is trying his best to raise awareness while he can. i commend him and respect him to the fullest for his sacrifice
It's not intentional it's. Bi product from the materials made. Unless they are dumping chemicals with no treatment into water or soil. Nothing can be done. And I'm sure the stacks have scrubbers on them. Since it's EPA required
Real problem is that they were ever build this close to a residential area, if you see how much the radius matters that is all that had to be done to prevent the damage
I used to live in Cancer Alley, Geismar Louisiana. I knew so many people who passed from cancer. There was even a few kids, I remember this one girl who got leukemia in 6th grade, she beat it then got it again and passed, everyone was so distraught
Tyler, thanks for being gay!! 😘🏳️🌈👨❤️👨 you’re the reason why I came out to my family! I love you I want to be with you my sweet cheeks. He’s so skinny and I know his hole is so tight. Mmmm 😁😊
Whoever is reading this, I wanted to say I hope you have a great day and that God loves you so much that He sent His son, Jesus, to die on a cross for your sins and He rose again from the dead three days later. God Bless! And also, He doesn't want you to go to Hell, but He wants you to go to Heaven with Him but you have to be Saved. How do I get Saved you might ask? Here are the steps below on how to get Saved! 1. Believe that God sent His Son (Jesus) to die on a cross for your sins and that He rose again from the dead 3 days later. 2. Confess to Jesus that you are a sinner and ask forgiveness for your sins and Turn away from your sins. If you sin again after asking forgiveness of that sin, ask forgiveness again and try not to do it ever again. Jesus will forgive you! 3. Ask Jesus to come into your heart and your life and for Him to be your Lord and Savior forever. 4. Build a Personal Relationship with Jesus by Praying and Reading the Bible daily and Live for Him Forever. I'm Praying for you and you are loved (Romans 10:9-13)
I'm Japanese and it's so disappointing to see the Denka guy in Tokyo just smiling like a strange man is talking when faced by the victims, this is so disgusting
Damn I live in Louisiana and had no clue about cancer alley. I’ve seen those plants many a times and I’ve never thought about the harm they could do. Thanks for bringing light to this problem
"What poor unsuspecting family would I trick into moving into this death trap?" Right after saying how that place is his legacy, everything he built. What an amazing human. If only we had more people like him in this word...
This is messed up. I can’t understand that people who are in such deep denial, to believe that the cancer didn’t come from the factories. Whoever is selling those houses to families, is a type of evil that most cannot fathom.
It is messed up, but that premise is based on them having another option. People who have access to options normally have access to money, and can't understand that there are people that are poor and only have one option, one reality. They have to make best of their situation.
I'm surprised it took this long to figure out. :( But that's what happened when media and people online make everything look like some fake or wild "conspiracy theory." It took youtube to get people to actually care..
Check our food, we have known carcinogenic in all of our food. FDA allows us to have cancer causing medicines, it's all a joke in America. Then FDA will deny good stuff we need.
@@chenelagerwall409 yep, gov censored Libya, Iraq, Vietnam, all that stuff. Even dare I say it. WWII. The same thing going on in Germany pre-wwII is happening here.
Humanity has been grossly poisining the Planet for the past 120 years. Not just the Air , but the Oceans as well . Spewing Toxic Gases into the Armosphere , Dumping Toxic garbage and chemicals into the Seas . This can not end well . The Future Generations will inherit a Nightmare.
We all live under the same ruling class that sees us all as cattle. You can appreciate that you don't happen to live somewhere they chose to destroy yet. If you're not one of them then you're just one of the cattle to them. Make sure you vote, so the electoral college can decide if your state votes red or blue. Every vote counts how? It's so obviously just a distraction and illusion of choice. Corporate interests will make as much money as possible. The government decides family farms are unsafe, but this is ok. The problem is the corrupt government.
@nickatnite90syes and racism as well, this is unfortunately way too common in low income urban areas with majority black families. happened in my city as well with chemical waste from plants & factories in the inner city
@whendovescry not just black all low income, see the lack of concern and response after that train derailment in Pennsylvania, they actually told people to stay, it is safe, working class community.
Dude you’ve got balls posting this, but thank you for doing so. This is what should be on the news the most… I’m hoping, praying, crossing my fingers you don’t get sued cause I know those evil corporations would dare to take down the truth
Tyler, thanks for being gay!! 😘🏳️🌈👨❤️👨 you’re the reason why I came out to my family! I love you I want to be with you my sweet cheeks. He’s so skinny and I know his hole is so tight. Mmmm 😁😊
Keep bringing awareness to things like this, I never knew this was a thing till this video popped. Hopefully this video brings more awareness to this situation. Keep up the content bro!
Check out Port Arthur. Drove to Texas earlier this year and on a map it looks like a coastal town to fish at, relax etc but you go there and it’s filled with polluting factories. I appreciate cheap energy but grateful to not live there and the people that do have been being poisoned seemingly.
in germany, the industry has to prove that its production/products are harmless. in the usa, the sick citizen has to prove that the industry is to blame.
@@Bleek17Sixblaming capitalism is the most ignorant thing. This is a nuanced complicated problem and when someone says "durr capitalism" they are copping out. Do you know about the aral sea? Or chernobyl? What about the great leap forward? 3 of the 4 largest mass murders in all of human history were communist. I can go on and on and on and on for days about the environmental and human disasters of communist and socialist states. Don't be lazy and don't be indoctrinated. If you don't want to spend the time and energy to learn about said issue yourself then keep your damn mouth shut. Stop parroting others which you do not know their motivations.
I salute Robert! He went all the way to Japan (an extremely expensive trip.) to cofront the company running the plant. Wow! We need everyone to be more like Robert!!!
The only problem is Robert apparently doesn't know who is totally responsible for our problems in Louisiana! Someone needs to find the root of the problem, then spread this information.
The strained face that the ceo made at him pretending to care says it all. He clearly couldn't care less about the suffering he was causing. What a scumbag!
I moved to Shreveport LA perfectly healthy. I left 5 years later with Myelofibrosis, a rare bone cancer, with no cure. Shreveport/Bossier City has tons of chemical plants there. Now Im totally convinced this is why I have cancer.
@@waywardson911you ever read the Bible, if you did you’d realize God has to put us through hardships to test faith, and everything happens for a reason, it’s okay if they wanted to spread Jesus, it’s not hurting you or anyone else ❤
This is crazy devestating. I just lost one of my best friends to cancer and the fact they wont do anything about this is terrifying. The area should be cleared because this is not okay at all.
Tyler, thanks for being gay!! 😘🏳️🌈👨❤️👨 you’re the reason why I came out to my family! I love you I want to be with you my sweet cheeks. He’s so skinny and I know his hole is so tight. Mmmm 😁😊
"not okay at all" asian millionaires that don't fvcking care about anything, only money? "Only after the last tree's cut And the last river poisoned Only after the last fish is caught Will you find that money cannot be eaten"
This is holy shit. I’m living in the japan .Japanese company Denka is making cancer city in the US. That I didn’t know that until watch this video . In japan Denka doing this stuff is not so famous so we need few people like a Robert in our country
The problem isn't one political side it's the whole system, stop blaming democrats or Republicans for all your problems both sides can be just as evil at times. Like the comment said we need to quite literally unionize and start fixing things.
@@evav1633Find a good group of people who have the same values as you and start taking action. Whether that be donating to a charity you trust or unionizing against a big corp.
I so feel for this man. He knows he doesn't have much longer on this earth at his age and is trying to do all he can save the next generations! I hope he passes the torch down to someone else to continue his fight!
The next generation is already effected. This will impact the next 2-3 generations at least, and that’s only if things are fixed immediately. Women are born with all their eggs and infancy. So those eggs (next generation) are already exposed to these toxins before they even become zygotes.
@rachellynn1225 , please read my post which should be just above yours! If not there, just find a long post with my name as the poster. Thanks, and I am interested in reading your response! Thanks, LiPo
Adult and young adult cancer is at an all time high globally, it’s scary to see. When I was being treated for my cancer, many nurses would tell me it’s scary to see how many young people are patients now. I feel for all these people ❤
It's not as much as you think, we are just identifying them more. However they are going up, one big one is consuming the wrong hormones and ingesting plastics.
I live near Lake Charles Louisiana, and westlake/sulphur has tons of plants. everytime I pass through the smell is horrible. I knew many people who had cancer around here It’s all over..
I teared up when she said “i’m gonna die here”. She didn’t sound sad or anything, more like she had come to accept it. She deserves so much better than to be stuck there 😭
Seriously I just wanted to hug her. That moment made me irrationally angry, that someone so lovely that built their life there had it ruined by evil CONglomerates.
@@barlauch9292 sorry, I’m not American I’m from El Salvador. From an ouster perspective, some states not all but some can be classified as 3rd world level living. I truly hope your country put their citizens first over profit. Otherwise the cancer capital of America is no different from China’s Dongguan. Dongguan is the city with the largest number of factories in China and has the most polluted air quality. They say breathing the air is like smoking 10 packs of cigarette a day. Tragic just tragic.
@@Odd1outttThe government’s never cared. It’s all about the money, the profit. They’d rather kill everyone in the area than shut down the factories because to them human lives are worth less than oil money.
Aluminum is known to "potentiate" the effects (and also a "trigger") of Alzheimers, too... My grandfather was a brilliant engineer and machinist by trade... Watching him die from that horrible disease was one of the roughest times of my life.
In fairness Aluminum is the most abundant Metallic element and the 3rd most abundant element of Earth (after oxygen and silicon). Its absolutely in the air naturally(obviously industrial/modern era has made it worse). But basically Aluminum can be measured in the urine, feces, and blood of basically every human. The problem is more when there is a build up due to medicine or treatments(dialysis is a major one). Alzheimer MAY have a connection to high levels of Aluminum but its inconclusive. Also what is deemed as high is quite far beyond your everyday exposure. The biggest factor in Alzheimers in current science to my knowledge is actually protein build up in the brain and forms plaque- its a different type but its similar in damage to plaque in a heart- once its developed at best we can slow it down we cant really reverse it.
Aluminium poisoning is a very real thing! You don't really get it anymore though, I have a feeling they changed out one of the compounds in the aluminium used in factories. Or something like that anyway, either way that's the case in the UK, I used to run mills and lathes and it was a problem with old school machinists. Looks like health and safety is non existent in this town, absolutely wild how this has gone on.
I really understand you. I'm in the same spot right now, and it is very traumatising to see how fast and horrible this disease works.... how he forgets everything, how he just exists...
Same exact thing with my grandfather. Was a brilliant man that was also an engineer and developer, had to watch him go from Alzheimers. Really is one of the worst diseases to watch take somebody you love.
I grew up in Garyville right near the plant, my grandmother had cancer and the amount of people who has died from cancer in the neighbourhood is ridiculous
For anyone watching this and asking themselves how this is legal and why there’s no class action lawsuit I recommend watching the movie “Dark Waters”. It’s an excellent film that dramatizes Robert Bilott's case against the chemical manufacturing corporation DuPont after they contaminated a town with unregulated chemicals. You’ll see why these scum bags get away with it.
I saw that movie too. It's horrible that they can dump cancer causing chemicals in our water and soil and fought tooth and nail to keep the information buried and hid documents.
@@Lanalanalana1234 thanks for the recommendation. Saved it to my watch later. I checked out her style. Love channels like this. (Reignbot,nexpo, kyotoroboto,barely sociable, lemmino)
it’s too common in america, where urban Low income especially black residents or immigrants are the more environmentally dangerous with chemical plants & factories it is, I live in St. louis and we have something similar happening with a creek with nuclear waste. They care more about money than the lives of innocent human beings
I’m devastated for the community. This is a crime against humanity. These awful corporations and companies should AT LEAST fully fund the evacuation and relocation of ALL the residents in the vicinity. Pay for them to be able to move away from there!!!!!
They would never do that they want them traoped and stuck working for them making just enough money to afford a mortgage but not enough to leave the city
@@tungusia459 I realized when I play sports the weak are preyed on and exploited. It's the same in the real world they exploit the dumb and unmotivated and traumatized into working for 40 years. The system wants slaves. Just like sports teams that want to win look for the weakest link and exploit it. It's nature unfortunately
You do realize community's have to sign off on factorys being built on the land. Before they touch dirt. Unless it's land owned by the federal govorment
@crazychase98 you have no idea how much money greases palms behind closed doors we are talking multi billion dollar companies. You think a nothing small town mayor won't take a few hundred thousand $ back in the 60's and 70s? And even today
If I went there I’d be wearing 1. Hazmat suit 2. Gas mask 3. 20 regular masks 4. Thick clothing under the hazmat suit 5. Goggles 6. Ear plugs 7. Shower cap
These companies are horrible, the fact that they have no regard for the people living near their factories and saying the cancer rates are "dramatically inflated" is crazy, and the irony of their safety signs. Thank you Tyler for bringing us this informative content that no other news channels have the balls to do.
The safety signs are mandated by the insurance companies that demand huge premiums for insuring the workers, facilities, and operations. That "safety culture" has nothing to do the public. It stops at the fence line.
Yes humans like Robert is rare. Not one politician has Robert's level of virtues. If there is a god, i hope Robert gets many blessings and a lot of people give assistance and support to him and his work.
This is so terribly sad. Breaks my heart that this is happening to these kind people. How have I never heard of Cancer Alley before? Clearly they’re working hard to keep this quiet because this should be national news, but no one knows about it. Thank you for bringing what these people are going through to light.
@@BigPapaVerde17 did you miss the part where he uses clips from mainstream news? This story has been covered by "Big Media." That's how he knew about the story to go there in the first place.
This is important. Thank you for making this. I was born right on Coldwater Creek in Missouri, the oldest cancer cluster area in the US. I PLAYED in the creek in the 70s. It still has not been cleaned up and it has been contaminated since the 50's. Close by is also Castlewood and they buried dioxin there. As a teen I swam in that water too, the Meremec river and then there was a settlement. Everyone in that poor area got new cars and handmade signs were put up telling you that you have just driven through some odd miles of dioxin waste dump. I have had 2 minor scrapes with cancer, missing some body parts now but I am currently cancer free that I know of....for now, not that I can afford healthcare in America and would even know necessarily. Project Manhatten really made a a mess of this country. People should know about it.
Thank You! You are someone else who knows the facts. What you state is correct, now we need to move towards Columbus OHIO to find the rest of the problem that causing the problems in Louisiana!
What he said around 5:20 was sooo powerful, reminds me of my dad he wouldn’t move out of an old house we had until we fixed the dirt work underneath bc the foundation was sinking, even tho it pasted an inspection and was able to be sold. we need more responsible men
I've watched Tyler for a year or two now and this is the first time I'm leaving a comment because I'm so grateful you brought this to light. Issues like this should be in the news, not how large companies avoid paying their taxes. Who cares about a companies taxes when we have areas like this in the US. 50x higher rate of cancer is something that should never be ignored, it's absolutely ridiculous. I believe my dad also worked for the Dupont plant doing software back in the early 2000's, thankfully he's been cancer free all my life.
I'm astonished and deeply saddened to see how these people are left to deal with this on their own. Excellent investigative journalism! The government needs to step in and pay these people for their homes/land and relocate them somewhere safe and condemn the area for residential use.
Tyler, thanks for being gay!! 😘🏳️🌈👨❤️👨 you’re the reason why I came out to my family! I love you I want to be with you my sweet cheeks. He’s so skinny and I know his hole is so tight. Mmmm 😁😊
They need to get out and fight from a distance as much as it's easier typed than done. At this point the community is so contaminated it's probably just better to leave than invest all that effort to restore it. Even if they happened to find a way to legally force those factories out.
Sad part is in Robert's lifetime, that plant probably won't close. The answer to this is to move away, so there are no workers, there is no community. The company moves and the town grows all over again.
@@DutchKing Basiccally. Instead of complaining over what they have limited influence over they should direct their energies over what they can control. They can control where they live so they ought to move to preserve their health and fight from a distance.
As a person who's grandfather had lung cancer, my mom had breast cancer and now my dad has lymphoma no hodgkin cancer i apreciate all you do and all the awareness you bring up. Keep up all the good work.
Watch Erin Brockavich, it goes into a lot of details about pollution and class action lawsuits. They only won their case on a technicality, these companies drag these suits out for decades
I live in Louisiana and drive through/by/past Cancer Alley multiple times a month. I had never known that it was this bad. Thank you for continuing to do great work.
The fact that the media (especially the local news) doesn't cover this is disgusting. Goes to show how bought and paid for our news sources are, some business executive pays enough and they just don't talk about it and look the other way....
@@frostguard1283 this story was covered by "the media" (including local news), he literally uses their clips in the video. And yes Republicans have spent the last couple decades trying to deregulate environmental protections and restrict the EPA. I'm not delusional, I just have a solid understanding of the facts.
My grandparents lived near some large aluminum plants, and other factories near Three Rivers, Quebec. They both died of cancer only in their 50s. This story certainly hits home, and brings to light the greed and gross incompetence of these companies. I also think that local zoning regulations towards factories should be more strict to keep them extremely far away from any human settlements
Here in Iceland we have 3 big aluminium factories. Factories, who turn boxite into aluminium. A process whio need quite lot of electricity. By all those factories have "fallout zone" where it is not aloud to have any livestock or have permanently residents. I have a file about, when they had plans to build an aluminum smelter in the fjord, Eyjafjörður, North Iceland, in a area with quite lot of farms. Fallout zone from that factory would have had bad effect for those farms. Still, they had the propaganda for building that factory, to suppliy work for the inhabitants. Luckily, their plans did not worked out. Aluminum factory was built in another par of Iceland. We have pollution enough, when he wind is still in that fjord. Has anyone asked, who get he main profit from those factories ? Does it stay inside your country or does some firm abroad get the main profit ?
That burning you felt on your face outside the aluminum refinery was caustic acid. They used caustic acid to extract the aluminum from the bauxite. Bauxite is a red dirt fine as baby powder. It soaks into everything. I used to work in a aluminum refinery in Corps Chisti, TX. They shut down that refinery for environmental concerns. I remember the burn we would feel on our face from the mist of the caustic in the air
@@HercadosPyou did not just say "come back to their country" when many of those people were born here lmfao(also moving costs money, surprisingly enough)
Please read my post which should be just above! If not there, just find a long post with my name as the poster. I am revealing all the sources which is poisoning our great State of Louisiana! Louisiana is the Victim too! When you see my posts, please research further! You will find a wealth of information on this subject! I will make further posts. I takes a lot of time preparing post on this subject. Thanks for your time. Thanks, and I am interested in reading your response! Thanks, LiPo
I grew up in the middle of the 2 grain elevators you passed in Destrehan...we moved The plants tore our house down but everyone I knew and loved out there died from cancer. I'm praying I don't get anything later on being exposed for 16 years of my life. Lost the most important people in my life and my nanny had a lung disease 28 years before she got the cancer.
My sister had a friend who bought some property and her kids kept getting sick and the doctors said that they couldn’t find anything. so she bought one of those kits to she if there’s radiation in the area and her whole property was reactive. After finding out, somebody told somebody and all of a sudden there are people on her property, telling her that she needed to leave. they forced her family to move somewhere else, and frightened her to tell her not to tell nobody. The companies in the refineries around Louisiana, Beaumont, vidor, orange, Houston do not care about the safety of people and there’s a lot of areas in Texas that is radioactive that people don’t even know about.
Very sad that these kind of things are still happening. Props to you for covering this story and hopefully this will start a conversation about finding a solution for these poor people. Keep doing what you’re doing man. God be with you.
5:25 "Why haven't you moved?" Old man gave the best answer a good person could have given. Moving will just make another family live in these conditions, it's not actually fixing the problem. The problem are the factories that should have not been built next to housing... That land was probably cheap for the company to build there and the state is winning big bucks on the side for it. It's the Governments fault for throwing their people under the bus for money, instead of imposing some stricter distance rules for these kind of facilities.
I am part of cancer ally and it really is a huge issue. I was born and raised and many of my family members had cancer. We are surrounded and nobody does anything. The chemical spills are extremely dangerous too.
As someone who lost both great grandmothers to cancer I feel the people in cancer alley. These companies are evil they know their chemicals is causing cancer to the people in the community yet don’t care. Robert is a inspiration he is fighting for his community.
I accidentally visited this place when I rode my bike on west bank then ferried over to a massive industrial complex. The entire area smelled like chemicals. There were leaked pollution pools everywhere. I was shocked to find the area is residential and families live there.
God bless Robert and Tyler for this! These corporations needs to be held more accountable, they ONLY care about profits, disgusting amount of greed they have. Also Robert looks amazing for being 82 years old!!
It's disgusting how much these large corruptions are willing to poison the peasants jsut to profiteer further. We live in a sick world run by evil people. Thanks to Tyler and Robert for bringing this subject more to light
This is deeply concerning and tragic. The impacts of pollution on marginalized communities are so often overlooked. We seriously need more awareness and action to mitigate this issue. It's heartbreaking that these people have to endure such conditions.
This episode was literally scary. It tripped me out and was really sad.. I was thinking how messed up it must feel to live around cancer and feel stuck forever. That graveyard was huge too!!!!!
There should genuinely be a law that states that no factory that refines, produces, or makes use of any harmful substances is permitted to be within 100 miles of any residential area.
They also need to split the factories into separate locations rather than having hundreds in a single area. That would reduce the overall pollution in each location to safer levels.
Thats not a real solution, the problem is theyre getting away with spewing toxic chemicals in the first place. Theres ways to process/manufacture chemicals safely, only issue is it costs more. So they build factories in poor communitites with lax regulations and enforcement and get away with it.
@@Str1ker1000 well yes, that is RUclips for you, but all you have to do is watch the video to understand what is actually going on. The thumbnail won't mislead anyone who watched more than around 30 seconds.
Robert, I hold you in high regard and have great respect for your kind heart. My prayers are with you, your wife, son, daughter, and all your loved ones.
I’m so glad this is being talked about. I live in Baton Rouge and used to work at one of those plants. All my family lives in a town 10 min from Reserve and have had cancer. Grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncles, etc. Driving across the main bridge in Baton Rouge, you can literally smell/taste the chemicals in the air from the plants all along the river. I can tell at this point which plant I’m smelling at a time knowing what types of chemicals they produce.
Just moved out. I lived right on the Parish line. Cornerstone Chemical right behind me. The toxic fumes are so bad now, within the last few years, new levels. The mask it with dryer sheet fragrance, and at late night. Its dizzying and suffocating. If you live in the area, pay attention to everything you touch, smell your hands, and they will be coated with a dryer sheet smell. Its hard for people to point out, because a lot of people use dryer sheets all ready. Dryer sheets are like the 3rd most toxic household item also, just for reference. I do not use them, and senses are keen. It felt like we we're getting cancer. In the 4 years we lived there my wife, myself, and 2 of our pets had to go to the hospital for wierd random things we've never had happen. Ever since we moved, we could feel our bodies detoxifying. It took a few months to feel normal, or not fully realiz8ng how unhealthy we were starting to feel. We're pretty crunchy in our family and live a healthy lifestyle. So that is the only thing we can rationalize after it all.
@@randomyoutubeuser53462 the chemicals used are carcinogens. And the fragrances used. I learned that years ago and never touched them again. Use wool dryer balls and essential oils.
This IS evil. Especially the new homes. A family will move in, looking forward to a bright future in their beautiful home, unaware of the dangers that are in their backyard 😢
Robert and Tyler must share this video and Denka experiences with RFK and Senator Kennedy. When you show people in position to help, they are obligated to do so or it comes back on them. Go for it Tyler!
Thank you for coming to Louisiana and raising awareness about this issue that's plagued my home. I hope this will get the attention of the right people.
Right,I live here in Louisiana also,an lost a lot of family and friends to cancer,an never thought about chemical plants being one the reasons why they got/had cancer,an I live in Houma,not to far from the places he was talking about, this video was really interesting, an had a lot of truth to it, just like the other person said, they should have them where people don't live, not where they got thousands of people, it goes to show you that they value the mighty Dollar over human lives, and that is very sad!!!
@@coolbreeze3338 amen brother, we need these factories otherwise the economy's fucked, but you can't build them right next to people, especially when those communitys were there before
How sad for all those people just overshadowed by monstrous ugly factories spewing pollution everywhere!! The cemetery is just tragic for everyone involved 😢😢😢 Really feel for everyone living there and Robert is a lovely man ❤ he deserves so much more in life!
Aside from one chain smoker, no one in my family, not even cousins and cousins’ cousins had cancer for at least 6 generations but I bet that if my folks lived out there they’d all have it. Prayers to all the people living and surviving out there. this is so wrong that I don’t even know how to express how devastating this is..
Why do people smoke... its so depressing. It tastes horrible and the only reason people say it calms them is because they're addicted and getting more of whatever you're addicted to calms you. There is no actual calming reaction, only addiction Its a terrible thing and i don't understand why people begin. Sorry for ranting to you, just ask and i'll delete this reply
@@eetuthereindeer6671 I agree but the main issue here is why are these factories able to operate knowing they are harming, if not killing the residents? that is insane to me. I guess thats what the USA does, smoking kills, yet they sell cigarettes everywhere. I am starting to think the government simply wants people to die.
@@henrryfermin5033 i guess since tobacco is grown elsewhere they don't lose farm area to it and since cancer treatment costs are so high due to not having universal healthcare, they don't mind when they profit from the treatment costs 🫠
@@henrryfermin5033 Government doesn't want people to die, it's a classical case of companies wanting to make more money, and not caring about the environment and effects on people. Profit seeking mainly 😞
@@henrryfermin5033 gotta agree with the comment above mine here, it’s not the government but a capitalist market economy that puts profit above humanity
Tyler you are the voice of the people. I really enjoyed listening to Robert as well. What an icon and a gem in Louisiana. Appreciate your incredible coverage again and again!
Almost ALL plants in Louisiana are surrounded by farmland as well. I worked out there and had to go to all these plants and the rivers that have them pushing stuff into run right by all the farm land.
This is awful. When an entire town is so defeated by greed, when that person said all my trees are dead, referring to his family and friends... Thats sad
Tyler is the sole savior of news, no bullshit filtered stuff just pure facts and he dives deep into the bad stuff through risking his own health, and that deserves nothing but respect and esteem from whomever sees his videos.
This is crazy. I’m taking intro to environmental sciences and one of the first videos I saw was talking about exactly this and how they have cancers that are essentially almost nonexistent to most areas of this country
You know you might be dealing with the gates of h*ll in that profession? Many jobs are with manufacturers and developers. May God protect you and show you the way.
@@user-ov4wr5yu4r I wanted to originally get into some type of conservation work for natural resources. But just seeing the video from the EPA doctor made me realize how backwards we are really going
The city I live in, (in Ontario) is extremely similar to this. In 2011 the world health organization gave the title of “worst air quality in Canada” to our city. We also have three times the national cancer rate and cancer deaths. Which is also the worst in the country (all per capita). What’s worse than the citizens of the city having to live beside what we call “Chemical” or “Cancer Valley”, is that they built these plants almost ON TOP of a First Nations reserve community. The Natives health complications from this valley are astronomically worse than the people in the city (considering the city was voted worst air pollution, just imagine how bad the reserve is). VICE did a documentary about this valley about 12 years ago and dove into the native part as well. “Canadas Toxic Chemical Valley” is what it’s called if anyone’s interested.
Robert has my heart. Almost in tears listening to him talk. I see his passion and he will not be forgotten when his time comes. Just wish more people knew about his message so thanks Tyler for giving him an even bigger voice
If less people prayed to an invisible friend in the sky, and more people took actual action here on earth, then legit change for the better might occur...
even if every factory stopped right now, the damage that has already been done will take decades to fade and the companies would just move to another city. its a sad reality, if we don't start going after these corporations everyone in the US will be in an even worse state than we already are.
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Robert saying he'd not trick families into buying his house so he could move, shows how genuine of a man he is
that part hit me the most, hes stuck in this shitshow and is trying his best to raise awareness while he can. i commend him and respect him to the fullest for his sacrifice
I noticed this too! Such a genuine soul
Yep!!!
Wholesome man
He’s amazing and the fact that he had to move his family out of there for their well-being is amazing😢😢 god bless him
Residents need to get in contact with some laboratory professionals to run water and soil tests to build a case to sue those polluting companies.
It's not intentional it's. Bi product from the materials made. Unless they are dumping chemicals with no treatment into water or soil. Nothing can be done. And I'm sure the stacks have scrubbers on them. Since it's EPA required
no point dude, nothing will happen. the plants have more money than anyone there so they would destroy them in court .
If they don't like it, they can move out. Go back to your own country if you don't like this
Real problem is that they were ever build this close to a residential area, if you see how much the radius matters that is all that had to be done to prevent the damage
@@HercadosPGo where? They are Americans.
The graves sandwiched between the factories is beyond dystopian... It truly is one of many living nightmares in this world.
i literally looked this city up while watching this video and couldn’t believe my eyes when i zoomed in and saw the cemetery.. quite horrible
Seeing that made me tear up. It’s horrible what these people have been put through.
@user-rl7mt4gh3oAmericans must regain control from the corporations.
It made me sick to my stomach.
@user-rl7mt4gh3oOligarchy, not dictatorship. America has always been somewhat oligarchical.
I used to live in Cancer Alley, Geismar Louisiana. I knew so many people who passed from cancer. There was even a few kids, I remember this one girl who got leukemia in 6th grade, she beat it then got it again and passed, everyone was so distraught
My cousin Rachel beat cancer then got it again, now so many people like that
That sad
That old woman talking about everyone having cancer was so genuine and wholesome just. Her as a person is uplifting
Tyler, thanks for being gay!! 😘🏳️🌈👨❤️👨 you’re the reason why I came out to my family! I love you I want to be with you my sweet cheeks. He’s so skinny and I know his hole is so tight. Mmmm 😁😊
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@@SirSaladCat Get. Get.👋 Mr.saladcat
her name is Cynthia, not old woman. Put some respect on her name
@@HeresMinxyou did nothing
Robert is the kind of person we need more of.
The kind of person we need to become*
@@vantarrnah
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@@-.Successor.of.Superiority.- yea.
@@ShosDiscordUploads Nah. Certain people need to do certain things
I'm Japanese and it's so disappointing to see the Denka guy in Tokyo just smiling like a strange man is talking when faced by the victims, this is so disgusting
Yeah that guy just smiling at him legitimately made me angry. You can just tell that's the look of " I couldn't care less."
He’d fuck over his own Japanese peers if it means more money in his pockets. You can’t save these business type of people, greed is all they know.
Its sad really the 1% of billionaires just think of profits and choosing to ignore the health and destruction of their community
He’s like why is this strange man talking to me.
Money creates power which corrupts people to the point they lose their humanity and eventually have no regard for human life
This is what real journalism looks like.
Minus that thumbnail 🤦
@@DJdopaminCZRugged you!
This guy's thumbnails are the definition of clickbait.
Yeah. Not scripted like on the Tell a lie Vison.
@@GratitudeFaithLove Old taker?
Damn I live in Louisiana and had no clue about cancer alley. I’ve seen those plants many a times and I’ve never thought about the harm they could do. Thanks for bringing light to this problem
Those flames burn day and night out hwre
Same
Same, shits tuff buddy
The state government could have intervened a long time ago. I'm not surprised voters are in the dark about it.
@@MachFiveFalcon Louisiana has the most corrupt state government by far...that's fact not an opinion
"What poor unsuspecting family would I trick into moving into this death trap?"
Right after saying how that place is his legacy, everything he built. What an amazing human. If only we had more people like him in this word...
“erm actually it’s world” - 🤓
I read this sentence in the exact moment where he said that, what a coincidence!
You can say that again
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@@alice20001 Respect yOur Elders! All Ways!
This is messed up. I can’t understand that people who are in such deep denial, to believe that the cancer didn’t come from the factories. Whoever is selling those houses to families, is a type of evil that most cannot fathom.
Double it up or give it to someone else
Maybe its the companies that are releasing the chemicala hmmmm🤔
Some people don't have a way out .. what else is there to do but deny it and try and live a normal life..
Louisiana is as dirty politically as a state gets … money is the only thing that matters and nobody gives a damn about the poor people that live there
It is messed up, but that premise is based on them having another option.
People who have access to options normally have access to money, and can't understand that there are people that are poor and only have one option, one reality. They have to make best of their situation.
This is so sad and disgusting. Thank you for makijg people aware of whats really going on in America
I'm surprised it took this long to figure out. :( But that's what happened when media and people online make everything look like some fake or wild "conspiracy theory." It took youtube to get people to actually care..
@@woofnuggiez for real. The government sensors alot of content from other countries. Especially that wich they dont want the rest fo the world to see.
Check our food, we have known carcinogenic in all of our food. FDA allows us to have cancer causing medicines, it's all a joke in America. Then FDA will deny good stuff we need.
@woofnuggiez yep, media is nothing but a propaganda machine. I hope for one day the American people all wake up and fight back.
@@chenelagerwall409 yep, gov censored Libya, Iraq, Vietnam, all that stuff. Even dare I say it. WWII. The same thing going on in Germany pre-wwII is happening here.
This is terrible. We should all be appreciative that we don't live in these circumstances. My heart goes out to these people ❤
Humanity has been grossly poisining the Planet for the past 120 years. Not just the Air , but the Oceans as well . Spewing Toxic Gases into the Armosphere , Dumping Toxic garbage and chemicals into the Seas . This can not end well . The Future Generations will inherit a Nightmare.
maine we got 5g towers disguise as trees that shit doing the same thing no cap
We all live under the same ruling class that sees us all as cattle. You can appreciate that you don't happen to live somewhere they chose to destroy yet. If you're not one of them then you're just one of the cattle to them. Make sure you vote, so the electoral college can decide if your state votes red or blue. Every vote counts how? It's so obviously just a distraction and illusion of choice. Corporate interests will make as much money as possible. The government decides family farms are unsafe, but this is ok. The problem is the corrupt government.
I live here. It’s a very sad situation.
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My heart breaks for Robert and all the members of this community. It is disgusting that nothing has been done.
@nickatnite90s land of the free (to die in poverty)
@nickatnite90syes and racism as well, this is unfortunately way too common in low income urban areas with majority black families. happened in my city as well with chemical waste from plants & factories in the inner city
Do something
@whendovescry not just black all low income, see the lack of concern and response after that train derailment in Pennsylvania, they actually told people to stay, it is safe, working class community.
@@xokhaliah Yet, blacks vote overwhelmingly democrat, who just use minorities as mascots. No one is worse for the country than regressives.
Dude you’ve got balls posting this, but thank you for doing so. This is what should be on the news the most… I’m hoping, praying, crossing my fingers you don’t get sued cause I know those evil corporations would dare to take down the truth
You better put the washing machine and the phone and all electronics in the bin they all cause cancer
@@MrSuperGworst take lmao 💀
Raw force is looking like the only viable solution these days. government refuses to fix the issue and the corporations dont give a damn
i’m pretty sure they can just sue the companies for producing toxic chemicals that cause death right next to a populated area
@@MrSuperGkind of but on a very small scale so small its not worth worrying about but places in this video are literally 1000x worst.
0:12 " my dad died of cancer. I hope i dont have cancer " honestly strong for saying that without crying
This.
Tyler is honestly better than 75% of news.
Tyler, thanks for being gay!! 😘🏳️🌈👨❤️👨 you’re the reason why I came out to my family! I love you I want to be with you my sweet cheeks. He’s so skinny and I know his hole is so tight. Mmmm 😁😊
Bruv he is better than 99% of the news stations
are you delusional?
Homie he's better than 99.1% of new stations
Honestly tho
This is literally evil behavior by those corporations. People need to band together and stop them.
Like what the hell is going on in this world 😭💔
Literally nothing will happen cause we're all steeping in the warm waters of capitalism.
People have an insatiable appetite for their products, they won’t go anywhere unless people stop buying their products.
The ones you call the nut jobs been telling you lucifer has been running the world for now. It's temporary.
@@SquiskyUnless if you make the corporations submit to your will.
Keep bringing awareness to things like this, I never knew this was a thing till this video popped. Hopefully this video brings more awareness to this situation. Keep up the content bro!
Definitely !!!!!
Check out Port Arthur. Drove to Texas earlier this year and on a map it looks like a coastal town to fish at, relax etc but you go there and it’s filled with polluting factories. I appreciate cheap energy but grateful to not live there and the people that do have been being poisoned seemingly.
in germany, the industry has to prove that its production/products are harmless. in the usa, the sick citizen has to prove that the industry is to blame.
WHY can't America be like that.. Ugh. UGH. Wtf
@@woofnuggiez
Capitalism. If it makes dollars it makes sense to these corporations & politicians they lobby too.
@@Bleek17Sixblaming capitalism is the most ignorant thing. This is a nuanced complicated problem and when someone says "durr capitalism" they are copping out. Do you know about the aral sea? Or chernobyl? What about the great leap forward? 3 of the 4 largest mass murders in all of human history were communist. I can go on and on and on and on for days about the environmental and human disasters of communist and socialist states. Don't be lazy and don't be indoctrinated. If you don't want to spend the time and energy to learn about said issue yourself then keep your damn mouth shut. Stop parroting others which you do not know their motivations.
Blaming capitalism is an ignorant cop out. I would and did elaborate fully but YT deletes my comments.
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I salute Robert! He went all the way to Japan (an extremely expensive trip.) to cofront the company running the plant. Wow! We need everyone to be more like Robert!!!
The company brushed him off, and insulted him in japan. Then they made fun of him.
The only problem is Robert apparently doesn't know who is totally responsible for our problems in Louisiana! Someone needs to find the root of the problem, then spread this information.
@codecircle423 how did they make fun of him?
Right!!
The strained face that the ceo made at him pretending to care says it all. He clearly couldn't care less about the suffering he was causing. What a scumbag!
I moved to Shreveport LA perfectly healthy. I left 5 years later with Myelofibrosis, a rare bone cancer, with no cure. Shreveport/Bossier City has tons of chemical plants there. Now Im totally convinced this is why I have cancer.
Believe that the lord Jesus Christ will heal you !
@@MrzBadaBing then why do little kids get bone cancer? don’t virtue signal Jesus into this to make yourself seem important.
Wow. I literally just moved here. I hope I don't get cancer.
@@waywardson911you ever read the Bible, if you did you’d realize God has to put us through hardships to test faith, and everything happens for a reason, it’s okay if they wanted to spread Jesus, it’s not hurting you or anyone else ❤
@@Brent-b4sbetter move asap! When there are multiple people, it’s no longer a coincidence, it’s a PATTERN.
This is crazy devestating. I just lost one of my best friends to cancer and the fact they wont do anything about this is terrifying. The area should be cleared because this is not okay at all.
Tyler, thanks for being gay!! 😘🏳️🌈👨❤️👨 you’re the reason why I came out to my family! I love you I want to be with you my sweet cheeks. He’s so skinny and I know his hole is so tight. Mmmm 😁😊
"not okay at all" asian millionaires that don't fvcking care about anything, only money?
"Only after the last tree's cut
And the last river poisoned
Only after the last fish is caught
Will you find that money cannot be eaten"
THIS
IS NOT
OKAY
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?!
Critical thinking are you there?
You okay@@i_want_my_shuggah
@@i_want_my_shuggahare you dumb?
This is holy shit. I’m living in the japan .Japanese company Denka is making cancer city in the US. That I didn’t know that until watch this video . In japan Denka doing this stuff is not so famous so we need few people like a Robert in our country
I’m actually from here and this is no joke we need too come together and stand on these major corporations that’s been walking all over us for years.
How do we start?
@@evav1633stop voting trump lol
@@biggdig6669That's the reason these people are in this situation to begin with, and they continue to vote Democrat.
The problem isn't one political side it's the whole system, stop blaming democrats or Republicans for all your problems both sides can be just as evil at times. Like the comment said we need to quite literally unionize and start fixing things.
@@evav1633Find a good group of people who have the same values as you and start taking action. Whether that be donating to a charity you trust or unionizing against a big corp.
I so feel for this man. He knows he doesn't have much longer on this earth at his age and is trying to do all he can save the next generations! I hope he passes the torch down to someone else to continue his fight!
The next generation is already effected. This will impact the next 2-3 generations at least, and that’s only if things are fixed immediately. Women are born with all their eggs and infancy. So those eggs (next generation) are already exposed to these toxins before they even become zygotes.
@rachellynn1225 , please read my post which should be just above yours! If not there, just find a long post with my name as the poster. Thanks, and I am interested in reading your response! Thanks, LiPo
Adult and young adult cancer is at an all time high globally, it’s scary to see. When I was being treated for my cancer, many nurses would tell me it’s scary to see how many young people are patients now. I feel for all these people ❤
Cancer and dramatically spiked in all ages. While technology helps us discover more, that can't be the only thing going on.
@@larissaasay6957 I'd wager plastics and petrochemicals are responsible for a great % of them
It's not as much as you think, we are just identifying them more. However they are going up, one big one is consuming the wrong hormones and ingesting plastics.
vaccines, gmos, pesticides, herbicides, teflon. You cant escape the chemicals.
I want to pray for you in the name of Jesus Christ the Savior and Son of God. I hope you get better.
I live near Lake Charles Louisiana, and westlake/sulphur has tons of plants. everytime I pass through the smell is horrible.
I knew many people who had cancer around here
It’s all over..
i was waiting for this comment! the plants are ridiculous.
Miss Cynthia seemed like the sweetest person in the world. I teared up knowing she is having to deal with this :(
She looked liked she had neuorlogical issues, I wonder if the factories had anything to do with it
@@OwenwuzhereI was thinking the same thing. I hope she’s got someone to stay with her. She seems so sweet.
I teared up when she said “i’m gonna die here”. She didn’t sound sad or anything, more like she had come to accept it. She deserves so much better than to be stuck there 😭
I know such a sweet old lady i pray for her 😖
Seriously I just wanted to hug her. That moment made me irrationally angry, that someone so lovely that built their life there had it ruined by evil CONglomerates.
True journalism. As long as the government is making money, they see the effected citizens as an annoying nuisance.
They are collateral damage
The government you are voting for. How about voting for people that would make stricter laws?
@@barlauch9292 sorry, I’m not American I’m from El Salvador. From an ouster perspective, some states not all but some can be classified as 3rd world level living. I truly hope your country put their citizens first over profit. Otherwise the cancer capital of America is no different from China’s Dongguan. Dongguan is the city with the largest number of factories in China and has the most polluted air quality. They say breathing the air is like smoking 10 packs of cigarette a day. Tragic just tragic.
These people need the money to sue the government for failing to provide a basic American right to a safe environment
The government doesnt really care...
Yes but in reality they have to do something if it violates the constitution @@Odd1outtt
@@Odd1outttThe government’s never cared. It’s all about the money, the profit. They’d rather kill everyone in the area than shut down the factories because to them human lives are worth less than oil money.
@@beefmeatloafwhich part of the constitution are they violating?
@@louskunt9798 the right to a clean and safe environment
Tyler Oliveira: Putting himself on the line to document important issues that nobody else will. A true journalist and a hero!
Aluminum is known to "potentiate" the effects (and also a "trigger") of Alzheimers, too... My grandfather was a brilliant engineer and machinist by trade... Watching him die from that horrible disease was one of the roughest times of my life.
In fairness Aluminum is the most abundant Metallic element and the 3rd most abundant element of Earth (after oxygen and silicon). Its absolutely in the air naturally(obviously industrial/modern era has made it worse). But basically Aluminum can be measured in the urine, feces, and blood of basically every human. The problem is more when there is a build up due to medicine or treatments(dialysis is a major one). Alzheimer MAY have a connection to high levels of Aluminum but its inconclusive. Also what is deemed as high is quite far beyond your everyday exposure. The biggest factor in Alzheimers in current science to my knowledge is actually protein build up in the brain and forms plaque- its a different type but its similar in damage to plaque in a heart- once its developed at best we can slow it down we cant really reverse it.
Aluminium poisoning is a very real thing! You don't really get it anymore though, I have a feeling they changed out one of the compounds in the aluminium used in factories. Or something like that anyway, either way that's the case in the UK, I used to run mills and lathes and it was a problem with old school machinists. Looks like health and safety is non existent in this town, absolutely wild how this has gone on.
I really understand you. I'm in the same spot right now, and it is very traumatising to see how fast and horrible this disease works.... how he forgets everything, how he just exists...
Same exact thing with my grandfather. Was a brilliant man that was also an engineer and developer, had to watch him go from Alzheimers. Really is one of the worst diseases to watch take somebody you love.
@callumthomas872 they pour aluminum waste in the water. They call it fluoride and say it's good for your teeth.
Cancer is slowly taking everyone's lives and it's becoming sad. Thank you for spreading more information! ❤
No replies lil bro
@@aldouswastakenuseless reply (my reply was useless too but yours is more useless 😂)
@@aldouswastaken wow so funny :/
Cynthia is such a gem. We need more people like her.
She seems too nice and naive to fathom what the evil corps are doing to her health 😢
@@Ncar23 and its so sad because they dont even give a shit
@@Ncar23 I think she’s slow not naive
@@Ncar23 or maybe had a stroke looking back at it
@@mclegend7618dude she has cerebral palsy, that doesn’t affect your brain.
I grew up in Garyville right near the plant, my grandmother had cancer and the amount of people who has died from cancer in the neighbourhood is ridiculous
For anyone watching this and asking themselves how this is legal and why there’s no class action lawsuit I recommend watching the movie “Dark Waters”. It’s an excellent film that dramatizes Robert Bilott's case against the chemical manufacturing corporation DuPont after they contaminated a town with unregulated chemicals. You’ll see why these scum bags get away with it.
Haven't seen the movie but I imagine the government gets a nice cut.
I saw that movie too.
It's horrible that they can dump cancer causing chemicals in our water and soil and fought tooth and nail to keep the information buried and hid documents.
Bailey sarian did an episode about DuPont! Must watch
@@Lanalanalana1234 thanks for the recommendation. Saved it to my watch later. I checked out her style. Love channels like this. (Reignbot,nexpo, kyotoroboto,barely sociable, lemmino)
it’s too common in america, where urban Low income especially black residents or immigrants are the more environmentally dangerous with chemical plants & factories it is, I live in St. louis and we have something similar happening with a creek with nuclear waste. They care more about money than the lives of innocent human beings
I’m devastated for the community. This is a crime against humanity. These awful corporations and companies should AT LEAST fully fund the evacuation and relocation of ALL the residents in the vicinity. Pay for them to be able to move away from there!!!!!
They would never do that they want them traoped and stuck working for them making just enough money to afford a mortgage but not enough to leave the city
@@RustyShakleford1 That’s truly tragic
@@tungusia459 I realized when I play sports the weak are preyed on and exploited. It's the same in the real world they exploit the dumb and unmotivated and traumatized into working for 40 years. The system wants slaves. Just like sports teams that want to win look for the weakest link and exploit it. It's nature unfortunately
You do realize community's have to sign off on factorys being built on the land. Before they touch dirt. Unless it's land owned by the federal govorment
@crazychase98 you have no idea how much money greases palms behind closed doors we are talking multi billion dollar companies. You think a nothing small town mayor won't take a few hundred thousand $ back in the 60's and 70s? And even today
Robert is a good man. He clearly wouldn’t put anyone’s life in danger to better his own. He is honest and genuine. The world needs more Robert’s 🙌
Yes he is doing God's work bless his soul and heart
we need to be like robert
If I went there I’d be wearing
1. Hazmat suit
2. Gas mask
3. 20 regular masks
4. Thick clothing under the hazmat suit
5. Goggles
6. Ear plugs
7. Shower cap
An N95 would probably be more effective than regular masks
How will you smoke your cigarette?
@@Kipro007-j5m I don’t smoke
It’s in the water too
If I went there, I’d be driving a pressurized vehicle with an oxygen supply and never leave it until I’m at a safe distance 😂
These companies are horrible, the fact that they have no regard for the people living near their factories and saying the cancer rates are "dramatically inflated" is crazy, and the irony of their safety signs. Thank you Tyler for bringing us this informative content that no other news channels have the balls to do.
But... this is freedom. Capitalism. 95% of peolle in the world have what other 5% have. You really think you can be in that 5%? 😂😂
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@@LA-wu5nm animal Murican, who is shaking your filthy cage? 🤣🤣🤣
The safety signs are mandated by the insurance companies that demand huge premiums for insuring the workers, facilities, and operations. That "safety culture" has nothing to do the public. It stops at the fence line.
@@MarioAPNAlright kiddo go to school and learn how grammar works because no one is understanding what you just wrote
Robert is such a nice and genuine person . It's nice to see people so honest.
Yes humans like Robert is rare. Not one politician has Robert's level of virtues. If there is a god, i hope Robert gets many blessings and a lot of people give assistance and support to him and his work.
This is so terribly sad. Breaks my heart that this is happening to these kind people. How have I never heard of Cancer Alley before? Clearly they’re working hard to keep this quiet because this should be national news, but no one knows about it. Thank you for bringing what these people are going through to light.
It has been national news. All the clips he uses at the beginning are from mainstream news sources. Republicans in Lousiana just refuse to act.
Right, our media is insaaaane
Thank god for independent media
@@BigPapaVerde17 did you miss the part where he uses clips from mainstream news? This story has been covered by "Big Media." That's how he knew about the story to go there in the first place.
Yes I never heard of this. So sad
8:26 this lady is the sweetest little thing i adore her
She's high bro
Robert needs a p.o box. He's a genuine hero!
This is important. Thank you for making this. I was born right on Coldwater Creek in Missouri, the oldest cancer cluster area in the US. I PLAYED in the creek in the 70s. It still has not been cleaned up and it has been contaminated since the 50's. Close by is also Castlewood and they buried dioxin there. As a teen I swam in that water too, the Meremec river and then there was a settlement. Everyone in that poor area got new cars and handmade signs were put up telling you that you have just driven through some odd miles of dioxin waste dump. I have had 2 minor scrapes with cancer, missing some body parts now but I am currently cancer free that I know of....for now, not that I can afford healthcare in America and would even know necessarily. Project Manhatten really made a a mess of this country. People should know about it.
god bless you
Thank You! You are someone else who knows the facts. What you state is correct, now we need to move towards Columbus OHIO to find the rest of the problem that causing the problems in Louisiana!
Cancer clusters in Skiatook ok
“No one wants to leave their home” I hate feeling this helpless. I can’t imagine how this community feels.
This is a heartbreaking story, we need coverage like this to bring awareness. This is happening in America people, a damn shame.
What he said around 5:20 was sooo powerful, reminds me of my dad he wouldn’t move out of an old house we had until we fixed the dirt work underneath bc the foundation was sinking, even tho it pasted an inspection and was able to be sold. we need more responsible men
Yo that is so powerful what your dad did that. Respect for Both your dad and Robert.
How’s it gotten fixed? How
ive literally never heard of cancer ally until now.. unreal. great work guys, top notch reporting
I've watched Tyler for a year or two now and this is the first time I'm leaving a comment because I'm so grateful you brought this to light. Issues like this should be in the news, not how large companies avoid paying their taxes. Who cares about a companies taxes when we have areas like this in the US. 50x higher rate of cancer is something that should never be ignored, it's absolutely ridiculous. I believe my dad also worked for the Dupont plant doing software back in the early 2000's, thankfully he's been cancer free all my life.
You are describe two aspects of the same issue. This is caused by unregulated business and a lack of government oversight.
I'm astonished and deeply saddened to see how these people are left to deal with this on their own. Excellent investigative journalism!
The government needs to step in and pay these people for their homes/land and relocate them somewhere safe and condemn the area for residential use.
Tyler forever bringing us the rare, up close and personal journalism at a top tier level
He posted this 9 min ago you didn’t watch the video stop being an idiot
Tyler, thanks for being gay!! 😘🏳️🌈👨❤️👨 you’re the reason why I came out to my family! I love you I want to be with you my sweet cheeks. He’s so skinny and I know his hole is so tight. Mmmm 😁😊
@@ljblakejr😊
shut up
Unless it's about the Jewish Tunnels
Robert is doing what the entire community should be doing. You win in numbers! He needs help an organization or something!!
They need to get out and fight from a distance as much as it's easier typed than done. At this point the community is so contaminated it's probably just better to leave than invest all that effort to restore it. Even if they happened to find a way to legally force those factories out.
Sad part is in Robert's lifetime, that plant probably won't close. The answer to this is to move away, so there are no workers, there is no community. The company moves and the town grows all over again.
@@DutchKing Basiccally. Instead of complaining over what they have limited influence over they should direct their energies over what they can control. They can control where they live so they ought to move to preserve their health and fight from a distance.
If they don't like it, they can move out. Go back to your own country if you don't like this
As a person who's grandfather had lung cancer, my mom had breast cancer and now my dad has lymphoma no hodgkin cancer i apreciate all you do and all the awareness you bring up. Keep up all the good work.
💙💙💙
Where are all the attorneys? You would think they would jump on these lawsuits.
Watch Erin Brockavich, it goes into a lot of details about pollution and class action lawsuits. They only won their case on a technicality, these companies drag these suits out for decades
I live in Louisiana and drive through/by/past Cancer Alley multiple times a month. I had never known that it was this bad. Thank you for continuing to do great work.
The fact that the media (especially the local news) doesn't cover this is disgusting. Goes to show how bought and paid for our news sources are, some business executive pays enough and they just don't talk about it and look the other way....
@@General_Kenobi_212it's just local Republicans.
@@Real_BeakyIf you truly think that you're just plain delusional, truly sad.
@@frostguard1283 this story was covered by "the media" (including local news), he literally uses their clips in the video. And yes Republicans have spent the last couple decades trying to deregulate environmental protections and restrict the EPA. I'm not delusional, I just have a solid understanding of the facts.
Same!
My grandparents lived near some large aluminum plants, and other factories near Three Rivers, Quebec. They both died of cancer only in their 50s. This story certainly hits home, and brings to light the greed and gross incompetence of these companies. I also think that local zoning regulations towards factories should be more strict to keep them extremely far away from any human settlements
Here in Iceland we have 3 big aluminium factories. Factories, who turn boxite into aluminium. A process whio need quite lot of electricity. By all those factories have "fallout zone" where it is not aloud to have any livestock or have permanently residents. I have a file about, when they had plans to build an aluminum smelter in the fjord, Eyjafjörður, North Iceland, in a area with quite lot of farms. Fallout zone from that factory would have had bad effect for those farms. Still, they had the propaganda for building that factory, to suppliy work for the inhabitants. Luckily, their plans did not worked out. Aluminum factory was built in another par of Iceland. We have pollution enough, when he wind is still in that fjord. Has anyone asked, who get he main profit from those factories ? Does it stay inside your country or does some firm abroad get the main profit ?
Are you talking about Rio tinto?
im sorry to hear it
That burning you felt on your face outside the aluminum refinery was caustic acid. They used caustic acid to extract the aluminum from the bauxite. Bauxite is a red dirt fine as baby powder. It soaks into everything. I used to work in a aluminum refinery in Corps Chisti, TX. They shut down that refinery for environmental concerns. I remember the burn we would feel on our face from the mist of the caustic in the air
Thanks but check your self brother we all got family
If they don't like it, they can move out. Go back to your own country if you don't like this
@@HercadosPyou did not just say "come back to their country" when many of those people were born here lmfao(also moving costs money, surprisingly enough)
Please read my post which should be just above! If not there, just find a long post with my name as the poster.
I am revealing all the sources which is poisoning our great State of Louisiana! Louisiana is the Victim too! When you see my posts, please research further! You will find a wealth of information on this subject! I will make further posts. I takes a lot of time preparing post on this subject. Thanks for your time.
Thanks, and I am interested in reading your response! Thanks, LiPo
I grew up in the middle of the 2 grain elevators you passed in Destrehan...we moved The plants tore our house down but everyone I knew and loved out there died from cancer. I'm praying I don't get anything later on being exposed for 16 years of my life. Lost the most important people in my life and my nanny had a lung disease 28 years before she got the cancer.
Thank you so much for doing this.
Lol 😆 giving a rich man more money rather than those who need it in Louisiana is hypocrisy
My sister had a friend who bought some property and her kids kept getting sick and the doctors said that they couldn’t find anything. so she bought one of those kits to she if there’s radiation in the area and her whole property was reactive. After finding out, somebody told somebody and all of a sudden there are people on her property, telling her that she needed to leave. they forced her family to move somewhere else, and frightened her to tell her not to tell nobody. The companies in the refineries around Louisiana, Beaumont, vidor, orange, Houston do not care about the safety of people and there’s a lot of areas in Texas that is radioactive that people don’t even know about.
Wow.
Was it near nuclear power plant?
Wow this is so. This is insane and a crime. People need to stand up and rally sue the gov. This isn’t right
Very sad that these kind of things are still happening. Props to you for covering this story and hopefully this will start a conversation about finding a solution for these poor people.
Keep doing what you’re doing man. God be with you.
5:25
"Why haven't you moved?"
Old man gave the best answer a good person could have given.
Moving will just make another family live in these conditions, it's not actually fixing the problem.
The problem are the factories that should have not been built next to housing... That land was probably cheap for the company to build there and the state is winning big bucks on the side for it.
It's the Governments fault for throwing their people under the bus for money, instead of imposing some stricter distance rules for these kind of facilities.
I am part of cancer ally and it really is a huge issue. I was born and raised and many of my family members had cancer. We are surrounded and nobody does anything. The chemical spills are extremely dangerous too.
Does anyone protest or file complaints??
@@Rhi686 or just straight up abandon the place? If I lived somewhere that could give me cancer like this place, I'd be gone everything be damned.
As someone who lost both great grandmothers to cancer I feel the people in cancer alley. These companies are evil they know their chemicals is causing cancer to the people in the community yet don’t care. Robert is a inspiration he is fighting for his community.
I accidentally visited this place when I rode my bike on west bank then ferried over to a massive industrial complex. The entire area smelled like chemicals. There were leaked pollution pools everywhere. I was shocked to find the area is residential and families live there.
15:30 so much respect for you for not being afraid to say these people deserve Reparations! Perfect word! Make these people whole! This is ADOS life
God bless Robert and Tyler for this! These corporations needs to be held more accountable, they ONLY care about profits, disgusting amount of greed they have. Also Robert looks amazing for being 82 years old!!
It's disgusting how much these large corruptions are willing to poison the peasants jsut to profiteer further. We live in a sick world run by evil people. Thanks to Tyler and Robert for bringing this subject more to light
They have been doing it for decades, but now they want you to either be angry at gay people or homophobic people. That's the latest distraction.
This is deeply concerning and tragic. The impacts of pollution on marginalized communities are so often overlooked. We seriously need more awareness and action to mitigate this issue. It's heartbreaking that these people have to endure such conditions.
This episode was literally scary. It tripped me out and was really sad.. I was thinking how messed up it must feel to live around cancer and feel stuck forever. That graveyard was huge too!!!!!
There should genuinely be a law that states that no factory that refines, produces, or makes use of any harmful substances is permitted to be within 100 miles of any residential area.
No one will commute 200mi/day to work. Need robots workers.
Maybe 10 miles, but there is no way for employees to get to work that way
They also need to split the factories into separate locations rather than having hundreds in a single area. That would reduce the overall pollution in each location to safer levels.
Thats not a real solution, the problem is theyre getting away with spewing toxic chemicals in the first place. Theres ways to process/manufacture chemicals safely, only issue is it costs more. So they build factories in poor communitites with lax regulations and enforcement and get away with it.
@@kennysboat4432trains ultralites ski lifts 🪂
The pollution here in Lake Charles is so bad too. Thank you for bringing awareness to what’s going on!
Tyler is showing us what true journalism looks like 👏🏻
Maybe but that thumbnail is pretty bad
@@Str1ker1000 well yes, that is RUclips for you, but all you have to do is watch the video to understand what is actually going on. The thumbnail won't mislead anyone who watched more than around 30 seconds.
@@jacksonhoiland2664 true but the people in the back got some fucked up bones
Putting Vice to shame tbh
Robert, I hold you in high regard and have great respect for your kind heart. My prayers are with you, your wife, son, daughter, and all your loved ones.
I’m so glad this is being talked about. I live in Baton Rouge and used to work at one of those plants. All my family lives in a town 10 min from Reserve and have had cancer. Grandma, grandpa, aunt, uncles, etc. Driving across the main bridge in Baton Rouge, you can literally smell/taste the chemicals in the air from the plants all along the river. I can tell at this point which plant I’m smelling at a time knowing what types of chemicals they produce.
Just moved out. I lived right on the Parish line. Cornerstone Chemical right behind me. The toxic fumes are so bad now, within the last few years, new levels. The mask it with dryer sheet fragrance, and at late night. Its dizzying and suffocating. If you live in the area, pay attention to everything you touch, smell your hands, and they will be coated with a dryer sheet smell. Its hard for people to point out, because a lot of people use dryer sheets all ready. Dryer sheets are like the 3rd most toxic household item also, just for reference. I do not use them, and senses are keen. It felt like we we're getting cancer. In the 4 years we lived there my wife, myself, and 2 of our pets had to go to the hospital for wierd random things we've never had happen. Ever since we moved, we could feel our bodies detoxifying. It took a few months to feel normal, or not fully realiz8ng how unhealthy we were starting to feel. We're pretty crunchy in our family and live a healthy lifestyle. So that is the only thing we can rationalize after it all.
how are dryer sheets toxic? im very curious
@@randomyoutubeuser53462 the chemicals used are carcinogens. And the fragrances used. I learned that years ago and never touched them again. Use wool dryer balls and essential oils.
This IS evil. Especially the new homes. A family will move in, looking forward to a bright future in their beautiful home, unaware of the dangers that are in their backyard 😢
Robert and Tyler must share this video and Denka experiences with RFK and Senator Kennedy. When you show people in position to help, they are obligated to do so or it comes back on them. Go for it Tyler!
The fact that we get free videos from Tyler on RUclips is priceless, keeping the education and knowledge alive. 🤷🙏
Thank you for coming to Louisiana and raising awareness about this issue that's plagued my home. I hope this will get the attention of the right people.
we need these corporations to move their asses into non-residential areas
Right,I live here in Louisiana also,an lost a lot of family and friends to cancer,an never thought about chemical plants being one the reasons why they got/had cancer,an I live in Houma,not to far from the places he was talking about, this video was really interesting, an had a lot of truth to it, just like the other person said, they should have them where people don't live, not where they got thousands of people, it goes to show you that they value the mighty Dollar over human lives, and that is very sad!!!
@@coolbreeze3338 amen brother, we need these factories otherwise the economy's fucked, but you can't build them right next to people, especially when those communitys were there before
@@TakenWasTakenYTmoney is more worth in this world than some nobody residents
thanks for being a troll@@crescentmoon256
Thank you for doing this kind of investigations! It’s so sad that this is going on in America!
How sad for all those people just overshadowed by monstrous ugly factories spewing pollution everywhere!! The cemetery is just tragic for everyone involved 😢😢😢 Really feel for everyone living there and Robert is a lovely man ❤ he deserves so much more in life!
Aside from one chain smoker, no one in my family, not even cousins and cousins’ cousins had cancer for at least 6 generations but I bet that if my folks lived out there they’d all have it.
Prayers to all the people living and surviving out there. this is so wrong that I don’t even know how to express how devastating this is..
Why do people smoke... its so depressing. It tastes horrible and the only reason people say it calms them is because they're addicted and getting more of whatever you're addicted to calms you. There is no actual calming reaction, only addiction
Its a terrible thing and i don't understand why people begin.
Sorry for ranting to you, just ask and i'll delete this reply
@@eetuthereindeer6671 I agree but the main issue here is why are these factories able to operate knowing they are harming, if not killing the residents? that is insane to me. I guess thats what the USA does, smoking kills, yet they sell cigarettes everywhere. I am starting to think the government simply wants people to die.
@@henrryfermin5033 i guess since tobacco is grown elsewhere they don't lose farm area to it and since cancer treatment costs are so high due to not having universal healthcare, they don't mind when they profit from the treatment costs 🫠
@@henrryfermin5033 Government doesn't want people to die, it's a classical case of companies wanting to make more money, and not caring about the environment and effects on people. Profit seeking mainly 😞
@@henrryfermin5033 gotta agree with the comment above mine here, it’s not the government but a capitalist market economy that puts profit above humanity
Tyler you are the voice of the people. I really enjoyed listening to Robert as well. What an icon and a gem in Louisiana. Appreciate your incredible coverage again and again!
This shows the evil of corporations. Robert is a good soul!!
You’ve got to pair that with corrupt government too. Won’t work with only one of the two.
These corporations are very similar to cancer cells don't you think
Why are we processing grain so close to petrochemical plants on top of this
Almost ALL plants in Louisiana are surrounded by farmland as well. I worked out there and had to go to all these plants and the rivers that have them pushing stuff into run right by all the farm land.
Robert is so kind. He thinks about other people and doesn't want others to get cancer. ❤
He's so kind to blame white people for all the cancer lol
This is awful. When an entire town is so defeated by greed, when that person said all my trees are dead, referring to his family and friends... Thats sad
Tyler is the sole savior of news, no bullshit filtered stuff just pure facts and he dives deep into the bad stuff through risking his own health, and that deserves nothing but respect and esteem from whomever sees his videos.
You know when the title said “Cancer Capital” I thought he was gonna go to Chernobyl
I did an entire college research paper on this, this is a great vid touching on a scary reality.
This is crazy. I’m taking intro to environmental sciences and one of the first videos I saw was talking about exactly this and how they have cancers that are essentially almost nonexistent to most areas of this country
You know you might be dealing with the gates of h*ll in that profession? Many jobs are with manufacturers and developers. May God protect you and show you the way.
@@user-ov4wr5yu4r I wanted to originally get into some type of conservation work for natural resources. But just seeing the video from the EPA doctor made me realize how backwards we are really going
The city I live in, (in Ontario) is extremely similar to this. In 2011 the world health organization gave the title of “worst air quality in Canada” to our city. We also have three times the national cancer rate and cancer deaths. Which is also the worst in the country (all per capita). What’s worse than the citizens of the city having to live beside what we call “Chemical” or “Cancer Valley”, is that they built these plants almost ON TOP of a First Nations reserve community. The Natives health complications from this valley are astronomically worse than the people in the city (considering the city was voted worst air pollution, just imagine how bad the reserve is). VICE did a documentary about this valley about 12 years ago and dove into the native part as well. “Canadas Toxic Chemical Valley” is what it’s called if anyone’s interested.
I’m from Ontario and I’ve never heard of it. What city is it ?
There seems to be one similarity. They Love Doing These in areas with many minority groups
@@tovsb8053 Sarnia
Gotta be Sarnia
Sault St Marie or Sarina probably.
Robert has my heart. Almost in tears listening to him talk. I see his passion and he will not be forgotten when his time comes. Just wish more people knew about his message so thanks Tyler for giving him an even bigger voice
Wow! this was such an eye opening video, i really pray that the people in that area get the justice they deserve.
If less people prayed to an invisible friend in the sky, and more people took actual action here on earth, then legit change for the better might occur...
@@davideaston8314i agree
even if every factory stopped right now, the damage that has already been done will take decades to fade and the companies would just move to another city. its a sad reality, if we don't start going after these corporations everyone in the US will be in an even worse state than we already are.
I love that Tyler started out with comedy mock-u-mentaries, the shifted to actually covering the subjects.