A Texas Community Is Being Bombarded by Cancer-Causing Benzene. State Officials Have Known for Nearly Two Decades
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Its main facility, opened in 2004, now occupies about 8 acres along the San Jacinto River in Channelview. Joe Lopez died in 2004 of kidney failure triggered by diabetes at the age of 65. A process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, made extracting deeply buried deposits of oil and natural gas financially feasible.
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