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A chemical plant along the Mississippi River in Louisiana is silhouetted against a glowing sky in this photo from 1988. Louisiana had the fourth-most number of toxic spills to drinking water sources, according to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency analysis of data between 2010 and 2019. Photo © J. Carl Ganter/Circle of Blue

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