US EditionHouston to spend millions to relocate residents living near polluted Union Pacific rail yard
- Houston plans to spend millions of dollars to relocate residents from neighborhoods near a polluted rail yard blamed for an increase in cancer cases. Health officials have identified cancer clusters in historically Black neighborhoods with higher rates of respiratory and childhood cancers.
- Creosote, a wood preservative associated with an increased risk of cancer, was used at the Union Pacific rail yard for over 80 years. Testing has also found dioxin, a highly toxic chemical compound associated with cancer, in surface soil samples around the site.
- Mayor Sylvester Turner has called on Union Pacific to help fund the relocation effort and address their legal and moral obligations.
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Houston to spend millions to relocate residents living near polluted Union Pacific rail yard
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston plans to spend millions of dollars to relocate residents from neighborhoods located near a rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative that has been blamed for an increase in cancer cases, the city’s mayor announced
Houston to spend millions to relocate residents living near polluted Union Pacific rail yard
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston plans to spend millions of dollars to relocate residents from neighborhoods located near a rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative that has been blamed for an increase in cancer cases, the city’s mayor announced
Houston to spend millions to relocate residents living near polluted Union Pacific rail yard
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston plans to spend millions of dollars to relocate residents from neighborhoods located near a rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative that has been blamed for an increase in cancer cases, the city’s mayor announced
Houston to spend millions to relocate residents living near polluted Union Pacific rail yard
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston plans to spend millions of dollars to relocate residents from neighborhoods located near a rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative that has been blamed for an increase in cancer cases, the city’s mayor announced
Houston to spend millions to relocate residents living near polluted Union Pacific rail yard
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston plans to spend millions of dollars to relocate residents from neighborhoods located near a rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative that has been blamed for an increase in cancer cases, the city’s mayor announced
Houston to spend millions to relocate residents living near polluted Union Pacific rail yard
HOUSTON (AP) — Houston plans to spend millions of dollars to relocate residents from neighborhoods located near a rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative that has been blamed for an increase in cancer cases, the city’s mayor announced
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