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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Mon Aug 28, 2017, 02:04 PM Aug 2017

Unbearable petrochemical smells are reportedly drifting into Houston

As historic rainfall and flooding continue to pound America’s fourth-most populated city, residents of Houston’s industrial fence-line communities are reporting strong gas- and chemical-like smells coming from the many refineries and chemical plants nearby. “I’ve been smelling them all night and off and on this morning,” said Bryan Parras, an activist at the grassroots environmental justice group TEJAS. Parras, who lives and works in Houston’s East End, on Sunday said some residents are experiencing “headaches, sore throat, scratchy throat and itchy eyes.”

Parras said there are chemical smells in the air all over the East End, but particularly in directly communities adjacent to Houston’s sweeping petrochemical industry. And residents can’t escape the smell, because flood waters have overtaken the city, and could reach over four feet in some spots. “Fenceline communities can’t leave or evacuate so they are literally getting gassed by these chemicals,” Parras said.

https://newrepublic.com/minutes/144487/unbearable-petrochemical-smells-reportedly-drifting-houston

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Unbearable petrochemical smells are reportedly drifting into Houston (Original Post) n2doc Aug 2017 OP
Sounds ominous ChubbyStar Aug 2017 #1
Not at all surprised... babylonsister Aug 2017 #2
Valero LaPorte refinery PDittie Aug 2017 #3

babylonsister

(170,963 posts)
2. Not at all surprised...
Mon Aug 28, 2017, 02:45 PM
Aug 2017



Aerial view of oil refineries along the Houston Ship Channel in Houston Texas
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