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Houston’s Sewers Could Soon Get A Multibillion-Dollar Upgrade

Jen Rice

Posted on March 11, 2019 · The EPA has been working with the City of Houston to finalize a plan to reduce contamination.

Tags Bayou City Waterkeeper Clean Water Act contaminated water Department of Public Works. Environmental Protection Agency pollution

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Troubled By Flint Water Crisis, 11-Year-Old Girl Invents Lead-Detecting Device

Laurel Wamsley, NPR

Posted on October 20, 2017 · The Colorado seventh-grader was unimpressed by the options her parents had to test water in their home. So she created a sensor-based device using chemically treated carbon nanotubes to do it faster

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Posted on June 30, 2022 · Land-based contamination and rising floodwaters make Houston’s inner-city communities more vulnerable to pollution in the next 30 years.

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Flooding and pollution in minority communities, and the impact of minority-owned businesses (June 30, 2022)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on June 30, 2022 · On Thursday's show: Increased flooding across the country is exposing more people to industrial waste, especially those in minority communities. Plus, a new report examines the impact of minority-owned businesses on the region's economy. And a Houston teacher is honored at the Tony Awards.

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Benzene pollution, and presidential portrait history (May 13, 2022)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on May 13, 2022 · On Friday's show: Excess pollution at local refineries, the Obama portraits, and blending classical music and hip hop.

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Five Texas refineries polluted above federal limit on cancer-causing benzene last year, report found

Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune

Posted on May 12, 2022 · Benzene is a known human carcinogen, according to the EPA. The Texas refineries were among a dozen industrial plants in the U.S. that emitted the highest levels of the chemical in 2021.

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