Posted on · Residents have been fighting for years to get the site cleaned up and state health officials have confirmed significantly higher than normal cancer rates in the area for both adults and children.
Posted on · The Union Pacific rail yard is contaminated with creosote, a likely human carcinogen. Residents and local officials have been fighting for years to get the site cleaned up.
Posted on · Fifth Ward residents have been fighting for years to get contamination in their neighborhood cleaned up.
Posted on · Critics of the company have called the site a "textbook case of environmental racism."
Posted on · The sample was taken near the Union Pacific railyard, which is contaminated with creosote -- a likely human carcinogen -- that resulted in Kashmere Gardens being deemed a cancer cluster in 2019.
Posted on · The Union Pacific railyard is contaminated with creosote, a likely human carcinogen that resulted in Kashmere Gardens being deemed a cancer cluster in 2019.
Posted on · State health officials have found higher than normal cancer rates in the area for both adults and children.
Posted on · A state investigation revealed another cancer cluster in Northeast Houston last month, but the news only confirmed what residents already knew.