After a Houston-area chemical fire, toxic benzene lingered for weeks, endangering residents

Grist
By Erin DouglasApr 27, 2023, 10:30 am267 pts
This story is the second of a two-part series by Public Health Watch and The Texas Tribune. It is co-published by Grist. A week after the massive chemical fire that spewed toxic smoke over this Houston suburb had been extinguished in March 2019, Mario Ochoa cradled his 4-year-old son and prayed the child’s…

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