Texans living in a 250-square-mile area of Harris County that includes a hazardous Superfund site had abnormally high rates of certain types of cancer, according to a new assessment from the state’s health department.
The study, which was published earlier this month, analyzed cancer rates across 65 census tracts surrounding the San Jacinto River both upstream and downstream of the San Jacinto River Waste Pits Superfund Site, which is cont