Texas A&M University: Study - Pollutant Levels After Hurricane Harvey Exceeded Lifetime Cancer Risk in Some Areas
March 23, 2021
March 23, 2021
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, March 23 (TNSJou) -- Texas A&M University's Health Science Center issued the following news:
The unprecedented rainfall from Hurricane Harvey in 2017 brought more than flood damage to southeast Texas. For people living in environmental justice communities such as the Manchester neighborhood near the Houston Ship Channel, heavy rainfall and flooding may have increased risks of exposure to harmful chemicals from nearby industry.
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The unprecedented rainfall from Hurricane Harvey in 2017 brought more than flood damage to southeast Texas. For people living in environmental justice communities such as the Manchester neighborhood near the Houston Ship Channel, heavy rainfall and flooding may have increased risks of exposure to harmful chemicals from nearby industry.
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