In 2005, Texas regulators documented startling amounts of benzene in a community outside Houston. Instead of solving the problem, they allowed a known benzene polluter to expand — a decision scientists worry could haunt residents for years to come.
Jose Luis Rios, 47, was booked into the Harris County Jail on Wednesday and faces a 28-year-old murder charge in the fatal shooting of Kristie Martin, a former Galena Park High School cheerleader who was 19 at the time of her death.
Texas regulators documented startling amounts of benzene in Channelview, near Houston. Instead of solving the problem, they allowed a benzene polluter to expand.