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Texas A&M researchers have started a $1.5 million dollar study to understand arsenic and other heavy metals in Valley drinking water. The Valley made the top of the list after complaints and state-documented hotspots convinced the study organizers to focus on this area.
Texas A&M researchers have started a $1.5 million dollar study to understand arsenic and other heavy metals in Valley drinking water. The Valley made the top of the list after complaints and state-documented hotspots convinced the study organizers to focus on this area.
For decades, residents of some of the poorest neighborhoods along the border have dealt with foul and even toxic drinking water, all while paying some of the highest prices for this basic need.
For decades, residents of some of the poorest neighborhoods along the border have dealt with foul and even toxic drinking water, all while paying some of the highest prices for this basic need. Now, several hundred colonia residents are suing a company that they allege has routinely ignored their pleas for help and even ushered in a predatory market that profits off the problem.