Anna Phillips

Dec 29, 2023 | spokesman.com | Anna Phillips |Amudalat Ajasa |Timothy Puko

LAKE CHARLES, La. - As a girl growing up near refineries and chemical factories in this part of the Gulf Coast, 77-year-old Lois Malvo thought nothing of the way her eyes burned when she played outside. Now she sees dangers all around her. The smell of rotten eggs and gasoline frequently fills her low-slung home, which lacks running water and leans to one side. Most days, she wakes up in the grips of a coughing fit.