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Jan 9, 2025 | 
publichealthwatch.org | Savanna Strott
Niveles peligrosamente altos de benceno siguen plagando a Channelview, Texas, a pesar de las advertencias que los reguladores estatales comenzaron a realizar hace casi 20 años sobre la presencia de la sustancia carcinogénica en la comunidad al este de Houston. Datos del estado, recopilados durante las asignaciones de monitoreo del aire más recientes, incluyen una lectura de benceno tres veces superior a la pauta por hora establecida en Texas, que es, de por sí, la más débil del país.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
insideclimatenews.org | Savanna Strott
This story was originally published by Public Health Watch. Dangerously high levels of the cancer-causing chemical benzene continue to plague Channelview, Texas, despite warnings from state regulators that began almost 20 years ago. Data collected during the state’s most recent air monitoring trips include one benzene reading that was three times the Texas hourly guideline, the weakest in the nation.
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Dec 15, 2024 | 
truthout.org | Savanna Strott
Help us Prepare for Trump’s Day OneTrump is busy getting ready for Day One of his presidency – but so is Truthout. Trump has made it no secret that he is planning a demolition-style attack on both specific communities and democracy as a whole, beginning on his first day in office.
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Sep 1, 2024 | 
hcn.org | Savanna Strott |Joey Lovato
In the long afternoon of last year’s summer solstice, Ernest Edwin Higbee Jr. pulled a white Chevrolet Tahoe off the main road of Alamo, Nevada, driving past spindly creosote bush and stalky Nevada ephedra and onto the lonely highway where the Mojave Desert meets the Great Basin. “People live out here because you are pretty much on your own,” Higbee, who is 70 and goes by Ed, told his six passengers.
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May 21, 2024 | 
publichealthwatch.org | Salina Arredondo |Savanna Strott |David Leffler |Univision Houston
Texas State Sen. Carol Alvarado says that PHW’s recent investigation into chronic benzene pollution in Channelview will be the blueprint for legislation she plans to introduce when Texas lawmakers convene in January.
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May 15, 2024 | 
palabranahj.org | David Leffler |Savanna Strott |Salina Arredondo |Jana Cholakovska
La tensión era palpable en la agencia. Su misión es proteger la salud pública, siempre y cuando ese objetivo sea “compatible con el desarrollo económico sostenible”. Glenn Shankle, director ejecutivo de la TCEQ entre los años 2004 y 2008, dice que el personal de Rick Perry —el gobernador republicano de Texas desde el año 2000 hasta el 2015— lo llamaba por teléfono para cuestionar las decisiones regulatorias de la agencia.
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May 15, 2024 | 
palabranahj.org | David Leffler |Savanna Strott |Salina Arredondo |Jana Cholakovska
Tensions were high at the TCEQ. Its mission is to protect public health so long as it is Glenn Shankle — who held the executive director’s job from 2004 to 2008 — said the staff of Rick Perry, a Republican who served as Texas governor from 2000 to 2015, sometimes called his office to question the agency’s enforcement decisions. Perry “would kind of stay in our business a lot, I’ll put it that way,” said Shankle, who left the agency for a job at a radioactive-waste company.
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Apr 4, 2024 | 
publichealthwatch.org | Savanna Strott
Public Health Watch and three partners today are launching FencelineData.org, a revolutionary tool that will make it easier for journalists, community advocates, researchers and members of the public to find information on companies that release harmful chemicals and contribute to climate change. The tool will be of special interest to fenceline communities — neighborhoods situated near pollution sources that often experience the worst health effects from toxic emissions.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
publichealthwatch.org | Savanna Strott
A new report examining human rights violations by petrochemical companies along the Houston Ship Channel calls for Texas to overhaul its environmental regulations and asks the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to review the state’s policing of the industry.
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Jan 18, 2024 | 
publichealthwatch.org | Jim Morris |Savanna Strott
About 90 people gathered in Channelview, Texas, last week to react to and ask questions about a Public Health Watch investigation into high levels of the carcinogen benzene in the community east of Houston.
