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City leaders, EPA keep soil testing in Fifth Ward for cancer-causing chemicals
The Environmental Protection Agency is giving residents in the Fifth Ward more time to test their soil for cancer-causing ...
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TxDOT to hold public meeting on I-45 highway expansion project details
TXDOT's public hearing will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday and the Fifth Ward Multi-Service Center, 4014 Market St.
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Houston’s Fifth Ward soil testing deadline extended until Saturday
The contaminated railyard has been the source of contention for years after creosote, a likely human carcinogen, was ...
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EPA extends soil testing deadline in Fifth Ward
The Environmental Protection Agency is giving residents in the Fifth Ward more time to test their soil for cancer-causing ...
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Deadline approaches for homeowners in known cancer cluster to allow soil testing for contamination
Kashmere Gardens and Fifth Ward residents have until Saturday, Nov. 30, to agree to let Union Pacific test their soil for ...
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City of Houston looking to remedy 'empty promises' at Kashmere Gardens-Fifth Ward resilience hub
Fifth Ward-Kashmere Gardens activist says her neighborhood's multipurpose center becoming a so-called resilience hub is ...
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Preserving history: Fifth Ward seniors share memories of Hester House in new documentary
Hester House and Texas Southern University are engaged in an oral history project about what Hester House has meant to the ...
Kashmere Gardens, Fifth Ward to get much needed storm resources with permanent generator purchase
The Kashmere Gardens Resilience Hub will be primed for backup power with the purchase of a permanent generator.
Met Police Flying Squad faces being cut by a fifth – and losing its weapons
Scotland Yard’s famous Flying Squad faces being cut by a fifth and losing its guns amid a funding crisis ...
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Fifth Ward residents make last ditch effort to include neighbors in Union Pacific creosote testing
Sandra Edwards trudged down Suez Street under Tuesday’s beating sun, knocking on doors less than half a block east of the Union Pacific rail yard in Fifth Ward. For decades, the yard was home ...
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Fifth Ward soil has toxic levels of lead, according to new study
According to a new study by Texas A&M researchers, soil in Houston's Greater Fifth Ward has "significantly elevated levels of heavy metal contaminants." In fact, some samples of Fifth Ward soil ...