After dioxin was discovered in soil samples, federal environmental regulators suggested...
Editorial: Texas just paused Union Pacific permit at contaminated Houston rail yard. Lawsuit threat pays off
Joe Ballard talks about his family members who lived and died on the same street he grew up on in Fifth Ward on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022 in Houston. Ballardâs family had owned the land that butts up against the rail yard for generations.Ballard, 57, had waited for this moment, when someone would finally test the dirt on the street. But for him it was too late to protect himself, he said.Residents in the historically Black neighborhood want action, not words.
Advocate Jackie Medcalf on Thursday called on the state health department to do a more robust health study – something she believes the area has lacked all this time.who had cancer if they haven’t had it themselves, and more people continue to be diagnosed. It’s worse in their neighborhood than elsewhere. State researchers in recent years have found a greater-than-average number of cancer cases.
City of Houston Health Dept., employees pass out flyers from the EPA in neighborhoods where testing found dioxins in samples stemming from the Union Pacific rail yard on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022 in Houston.City of Houston Health Dept., employees sort flyers before passing they pass them out in a Fifth Ward neighborhood at Kashmere Multi-Service Center on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022 in Houston.
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