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Chemical Plants

A group of Louisiana women claim in St. Charles Parish court that they developed breast cancer after being exposed to dangerous levels of ethylene oxide from a Dow Chemical plant near Hahnville.

HAHNVILLE, La. — A group of Louisiana women claim in St. Charles Parish court that they developed breast cancer after being exposed to dangerous levels of ethylene oxide from a Dow Chemical plant near Hahnville.

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