Recent reporting from Public Health Watch shows Texas regulators have known about startling amounts of benzene in the community east of Houston since 2005.
The acquisition will protect other important geographic features to Redfish Cove that serve its native wildlife like coastal wetlands, prairie and upland buffers, according to the foundation.
Texcon Ready Mix in north Houston has repeatedly violated federal and state laws aimed at limiting pollution, according to Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee.