The EPA systematically turns a blind eye to “minor” air polluters, leaving a small Texas community in a regulatory void.
Salina Arredondo / Public Health Watch
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Channelview is being bombarded by cancer-causing benzene. State officials have known for nearly two decades.
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.