FOX 26 Houston on MSN2d
City leaders, EPA keep soil testing in Fifth Ward for cancer-causing chemicals
The Environmental Protection Agency is giving residents in the Fifth Ward more time to test their soil for cancer-causing ...
ABC 13 Houston on MSN46m
Deadline approaches for homeowners in known cancer cluster to allow soil testing for contamination
Kashmere Gardens and Fifth Ward residents have until Saturday, Nov. 30, to agree to let Union Pacific test their soil for contamination.
EPA extends soil testing deadline in Fifth Ward
The Environmental Protection Agency is giving residents in the Fifth Ward more time to test their soil for cancer-causing ...
Houston Public Media3d
Houston’s Fifth Ward soil testing deadline extended until Saturday
The contaminated railyard has been the source of contention for years after creosote, a likely human carcinogen, was ...
Houston Landing on MSN2d
Preserving history: Fifth Ward seniors share memories of Hester House in new documentary
Hester House and Texas Southern University are engaged in an oral history project about what Hester House has meant to the ...
Kashmere Gardens, Fifth Ward to get much needed storm resources with permanent generator purchase
The Kashmere Gardens Resilience Hub will be primed for backup power with the purchase of a permanent generator.
ABC 13 Houston on MSN10d
Concerns rise about conditions at Fifth Ward's retirement community
A forensic audit is being pressured onto a church group responsible for an affordable senior housing facility in Fifth Ward ...
FOX 26 Houston on MSN9d
Kashmere Gardens to receive $900K for permanent generator at community center
The Kashmere Garden Multiservice Center has received funding for a permanent power generator to provide help in the area.
Houston Chronicle20d
Fifth Ward soil has toxic levels of lead, according to new study
According to a new study by Texas A&M researchers, soil in Houston's Greater Fifth Ward has "significantly elevated levels of heavy metal contaminants." In fact, some samples of Fifth Ward soil ...
Houston Chronicle19d
Researchers find toxic levels of lead in Greater Fifth Ward yards and play areas
When the Texas Department of State Health Services began identifying cancer clusters across Houston's historically Black Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens neighborhoods in 2019, the discovery ...