in mossville, louisiana, one of the most polluted places in the united states. the mostly african-american town is surrounded by 14 chemical plants. they suffer from life-changing ailments, but there are plans to build another plant. kimberly halkett has our report. >> this is my father's first cousin. >> reporter: dorothy and her family have lived in the tiny town of mossville, louisiana, for seven generations. but she fears she'll be among the last. she said contaminated air and water is slowly killing the residents of mossville. >> the toxins in the blood levels was elevated three times of that of the united states population. >> reporter: die ox sin is a known carcinogen. they feel that more than a dozen chemical plants the state government has allowed to move into mossville is contaminating the community. more than 500 residents living here are african-american. at a town hall residents shared stories of suffering, accused the chemical plant owners of what they called environmental racism. >> i've seen people die. i'm afraid of that. i don't want to have to

she says contaminated air and water is slowly killing residents of mossville?> the dioxin in the blood levels was he willvated three times that of the united states populations. >> it is a known carcinogen. felix and others blame the more than a dozen other chemical plants their state government has allowed to move in to mossville for contaminating their community. most of the 500 residents are african-american? >> born and raised right here. >> at a town hall, they accused the chemical plant owners of what they call environmental racism. >> people taking advantage of a small african-american community and minority community. why they can't keep our air clean, clean water. >> i have seen people die, you know. i am afraid of that. i don't want to have to sleep in it. i worked in it, but i knew where i was but i had to sleep with a gas mask on. >> state officials deny the plants pose a health threat. even though alleluia government research shows there would be a rise in toxic emissions into the air, the state's governor recently approved a plan to allow the sout

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. >>> mossville, louisiana is one of the most polluted places in the us.is surrounded by 14 different chemical plants, and residents say they suffer from life-changing ailments because of it. >>> this is my father's first cousin. >> reporter: dorothy felix and her family have lived in the tiny town of mossville, louisiana for seven generations, but she fears she will be among the last. she says contaminated air and water is slowly killing the residents. dioxin is a known cars again, felix and others blame the chemical plants for contaminating their community. most of the 500 residents living here are african american. at a townhall residents shared stories of suffering, and accused the chemical plant owners of what they call environmental racism. >> i'm tired of people taking advantage of a small african american community. >> i have seen people die, you know? i'm afraid of that. i don't want to have to sleep in it. i worked in it. but i don't want to have to sleep with a gas mask on. >> reporter: state officials deny the plants pose a health threat, and t

. >>> mossville, louisiana, is one of the most polluted places in the united states.the mostly african-american town is surrounded by 14 chemical plants. they suffer from life life-threatening illnesses because of the pollution, but there is going to be another plant. >> dorothy and her family have lived in the tiny town of mossville, louisiana, for seven generations, but she fears she'll be among the last. she said contaminated air and water is slowly killing the residents of mossville. >> the tie ox ins in the blood level was elevated three times of that of the united states population. >> reporter: a known carcinogen, with more than a dodd dozen chel plants are polluting their community. at a town hall residents shared stories of suffering, and accused the chemical plant owners of what they call environmental racism. >> taking advantage of a small african-american, minority community. >> i've seen people die. i don't want to sleep in it. i work in it. i knew i would, but i have to sleep with a gas mask on. >> reporter: state officials deny the plants pose a health

. >> reporter: dorothy felix and her town have lived in the tiny town of mossville, louisiana for sevenenerations. but she fears she will be the last. she says contaminated air and water is slowly killing the residence. >> the [ inaudible ] was elevated three times. >> reporter: most of the 500 residents living here are african american. >> born and raced right here in mossville. >> at a townhall drenthzs shared stories of suffering, and accused the owners of what they call environmental racism. >> people taking advantage of a small african american community, why can't they keep our air clean, and clean water. >> i'm tired of seeing people die. i don't want to have to sleep with a gas mask on. >> reporter: state officials deny the plants pose a health threat, the state's governor recently approved a plan to allow the south african petrochemical giant to build one of the biggest chemical plants in the western hemisphere in mossville. it's expected to spew millions of tons of greenhouse gases in to the air. it is offering to buy up some but not all of the homes that will surround the new

the town of mossville louisiana is one of the most polluted places in the united states.imberly halket blames racism for the health hazard. >> dorothy felix and her family have lived in the tiny town for seven generations. she fears she will be among the last. she says contaminated air and water is slowly killing the residents of mossville. >> the blood levels of those residents was elevated three times that of the united states population. >> dioxin is a known cars inogen. felix and others blame more than a dozen chemical plants have allowed into mossville for contaminating their community. most of the 500 residents living here are african-american. >> born and raised. >> at the townhall, residents shared stories of suffering, accused the chemical plant owners of what they call environmental racism you can't have people taking advantage of a small minority community. why can't we have clean water? >> i have seen people die, you know. i am afraid of that. i don't want to have to sleep in it. i knew i would. i would have to sleep with a gas mask on. >> state officials deny

in the third part of our series, we go to mossville, louisiana.undreds of residents there say they are suffering from cancer caused by local plants, still their state government has plans to approval yet another plant. >> we catch up with sport news now. >> athletico madrid dumped barcelona to keep the unbeaten run perfectly. aggregate scored one goal in the final, second leg with the spanish league leaders cutting a crucial away go. a great start, the final score 1-0 to checko. barcelona cash out 2-1 on aggregate and miss out on a second straight semifinal appearance. amazingly, the last time athletico featured in the last your, he was just four years old. >> we've done a great job as a team and once more, just like an old father to world history, sometimes the best doesn't win, but the one who has most desire wins. we were convincing today. that does not mean our rival was not, but we were truly convinced of what we have to do and that makes is full of pride together with hour fans who will be happy. >> we feel bald as we should feel in a compet