There was a simple question before residents in a Fifth Ward cancer cluster gathered to...
Leisa Glenn, a Fifth Ward resident whose family home is across from the former Southern Pacific rail yard, lists off the people in her childhood neighborhood who have died of cancer, Friday, Sept. 8, 2023, in Houston. The site used creosote, a wood preservative the Center for Disease Control and Prevention says has been been shown to increase cancer, for decades prior to Union Pacific’s takeover of the site in 1997, but a toxic plume of contamination remains underground.
Leisa Glenn listens thoughtfully at the meeting. Nearly a decade ago, she helped organize the advocacy group IMPACT. The assumption behind the mayor’s program is that the area is actively in harm’s way, and that the testing will bear that out when results eventually come sometime in 2024. That could trigger even more funding for remediation or even relocation.
Nobody wants to lose Fifth Ward. Development is already closing in on the area. Residents are concerned about what would happen to their property if they accept a buyout. It’s unclear. Generally, buyouts require that the property not be resold because of the present risk, but what if there isn’t one? Would the city change its mind and allow future development?“Fifth Ward made my family,” Plummer tells the group. “We all know it is a key location in the city.
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