Dec 8, 2023 · Though efforts are constantly being made to lessen the negative effects of refining oil and natural gas, as Houston continues to see rapid economic and population growth, it is …

Oct 17, 2025 · A study found industrialized communities east of Houston may be at elevated risk of developing several types of cancer.

Nov 21, 2025 · Clean air, which should be a freely given right, is hard to find in certain Houston neighborhoods, according to new data from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality …

Dec 18, 2023 · A new Houston Landing investigation reveals how in one community, Greater Fifth Ward, people are moving into the area unaware that it is a designated cancer cluster, with …

Apr 22, 2025 · The Texas Health and Environment Alliance continues to monitor a cancer cluster in east Harris County that affects an area home to more than 330,000 people.

To evaluate the occurrence of cancer in the area investigated, the number of observed cancer cases was compared to what would be expected for the area based on cancer rates in Texas.

Cancer mortality rates have fallen in Houston’s three-county region. Since 2010, Harris and Montgomery counties have had cancer mortality rates close to one another and about on par …

Jul 19, 2023 · Texas health officials in 2019 identified a cancer cluster in Houston’s historically Black Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens neighborhoods. A second cluster was identified in …

Apr 9, 2025 · The cancer cluster includes the San Jacinto River waste pits superfund site, as well as a water source for much of Harris County, Houston and municipal utility districts.

Oct 11, 2025 · HIGHLANDS, Texas — Eight months ago, Texas health officials delivered alarming news to residents of a string of industrialized communities east of Houston: A new …