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Environmental Protection Agency, Union Pacific Railroad begin investigating contamination possibly linked to cancer clusters

A federal agency is requiring the Union Pacific Railroad to investigate any links between contamination and Fifth Ward's cancer clusters.

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Houston officials approve $5 million for residents to move from cancer-causing chemicals in Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens

Houston officials passed a $5 million relocation fund for residents in Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens, areas considered cancer clusters.

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Sunday Reading: Environmental Racism in Black Communities

This noxious history came to mind while reading Scalawag s “A Lifetime of Damage on a Creosote Plume in Houston’s Fifth Ward."

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