In Sicily, A Plague of Cancer Overwhelms an Oil Refinery Town

August 23, 2018
Yale Environment 360

The winner of the 2018 Yale Environment 360 Video Contest examines how the people of Augusta, Sicily, led by the town’s priest, are fighting back against a cancer epidemic linked to a massive petrochemical complex.

Watch the video here:
https://e360.yale.edu/features/in-sicily-a-plague-of-cancer-overwhelms-an-oil-refinery-town