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A Texas Community Is Being Bombarded by Cancer-Causing Benzene. State Officials Have Known for Nearly Two Decades

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In 2007, the TCEQ raised its annual guideline from an average of 1 ppb to 1.4 The EPA’s National Air Toxics Assessment tool is based on weaker monitoring data from a few years back. Children return home from school in Channelview, Texas. Doty said it was one of the highest benzene readings he had ever seen in a residential area.