Houston approves $5M to relocate residents living near polluted Union Pacific rail yard

28-9-2023 Health Washington Times - Health 26

Houston officials on Wednesday approved $5 million for a fund to help relocate residents from neighborhoods located near a rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative that has been blamed for an increase in cancer cases.

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