Tag Archives: ‘A lost city’: Fifth Ward residents running out of patience as EPA announces additional testing

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Environmental Protection Agency is announcing additional testing in an area of Houston’s Fifth Ward identified as a cancer cluster. Residents there have been demanding action for more than four years. “It’s like a lost city. There’s no life around here. It’s just dead,” Mary Hutchins said. Hutchins was born and raised in her Fifth Ward home. …

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