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March 17, 2010
Lead Plaintiff In "Toxic Town" Lawsuit Dies
Photo by Daniel KramerA little over two years ago, the Houston Press published an award-winning story looking into Somerville, a small town 90 miles northwest of here that contained a plant that made railroad ties."Toxic Town" described the high rate of cancer in the town and focused on the lead ... More >>
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April 20, 2009
Important "Toxic Town" Trial Starts Up Today
Photo by Daniel KramerThe polluters who turned Somerville into the Toxic Town described in an award-winning Houston Press story may have had a good result in the first lawsuit they faced, but a second one -- beginning a week from today in the town of Caldwell in Burleson County -- may be different. ... More >>
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April 3, 2008
Toxic Town: Contamination in Somerville Schools
Somerville's schools continue to show elevated toxins, but are the health risks bad enough to shut down the schools?
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February 12, 2008
Toxic Town: Linda Faust Loses to BNSF Railway
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December 6, 2007
Toxic Town: Birth Defects
Critics say contamination from the tie plant caused severe problems for these babies
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December 6, 2007
Toxic Town: Cancer and Birth Defects in Somerville
In Somerville, chances are far better than normal that you will die of cancer or give birth to a deformed baby
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April 18, 2002
Going off the Rails
A proposed line into the Bayport Industrial District has residents from Clear Lake to the East End vowing to stop the "toxic train" in its tracks

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