#fifthward — Public Fediverse posts

Months after elevated levels of toxic chemicals were detected outside of a Fifth Ward community center in Houston, the Environmental Protection Agency's most recent soil testing results returned safe levels.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/environmental-justice/2025/06/04/523077/months-after-toxins-detected-recent-soil-tests-at-fifth-ward-community-center-return-safe-levels/

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The results of the first round of residential soil sampling in Houston's Fifth Ward have been released, and the EPA will be holding office hours Wednesday through Saturday for residents to discuss their results.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2025/03/04/515227/epa-begins-release-of-soil-testing-results-for-houstons-fifth-ward-discusses-next-steps/

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found levels of toxic chemical contamination in the soil at Julia C. Hester House, a community center in Houston’s Fifth Ward, that exceed the agency’s screening levels for children.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/environmental-justice/2025/02/10/513358/dioxin-levels-in-soil-near-fifth-ward-community-center-exceed-levels-safe-for-children-epa-says/

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Meow Wolf's new location ‘Radio Tave’ in Houston is set to open this October, featuring an explorable radio station that has been transported to another dimension.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/arts-culture/2024/09/10/499600/meow-wolf-houston-opens-on-halloween/

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Federal environmental regulators have found cancer-causing chemicals in the groundwater and air beneath the soil near the contaminated Union Pacific railyard in northeast Houston. 

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2024/03/29/482063/cancer-causing-chemicals-exceed-normal-levels-near-union-pacific-railyard-epa-says/

#EnergyEnvironment #Houston #Local #News #Chemicals #Creosote #Dioxins #Epa #FifthWard #KashmereGardens #Railyard #UnionPacific