Houston to relocate residents in historically Black area over cancer concerns

Relocating families from among the 100 properties that have been affected by the contamination could cost up to $26 million.

HOUSTON (AP) — Houston plans to spend millions of dollars to relocate residents from neighborhoods located near a rail yard polluted by a cancer-linked wood preservative that has been blamed for an increase in cancer cases, the city’s mayor announced Thursday.

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