Monday, January 25, 2021

Second "cancer cluster" concerns Houston neighborhood

https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/move-us-out-or-buy-us-out-new-reaction-to-second-cancer-cluster-discovered-in-fifth-ward-kashmere-gardens-area/285-bee44645-0b7e-49e2-bf97-df8e962b1f98 

I first met Barbara Beal in the Kashmere Gardens area of Houston around this time last year.  Her neighborhood had just been included in a newly-identified "cancer cluster" where health officials reported higher-than-normal rates of adult cancers.  The Texas Department of State Health Services just revealed information about a second cluster regarding childhood cancers in the same area.  I went back to the neighborhood for Ms. Beal's reaction.  I also reached out to Union Pacific Railroad.. The entity blamed by many for causing the health issues via a longtime creosote facility that operated across the street from Ms. Beal's home.      

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