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Houston Flood Raises Toxic Superfund Concerns
In Houston and Harris County, flooding from Harvey prompts scientists like Wes Highfield and Samuel Brody to sample water near the Erio Refining site and other Superfund locations. EPA and TCEQ officials say they are securing sites while residents fear contamination of floodwaters entering homes and wells.
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Houston
Wes Highfield
Highfield
Texas A&m University
Galveston
Erio Refining
Texas Commission On Environmental Quality
Harvey
ExxonMobil
EPA
Washington
Texas Commission
Brian McGovern
McGovern
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TCEQ
University
Samuel Brody
Mathy Stanislaus
Obama
Stanislaus
New Jersey
New York
Nancy Loeb
Northwestern University
Pritzker School of Law
Lobe
Loeb
Brody
Friendswood