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Historic treatment of rail ties in the Houston, Texas Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens neighborhoods has exposed residents to cancer-causing soil contamination. [1] Creosote and its extenders were used in wood preservation processes at a nearby rail yard and have been identified as carcinogens that are hazardous to human health.
A rubber plant near an elementary school in southern Louisiana has been emitting a carcinogenic chemical for decades. Locals wonder why it’s still allowed to remain in operation.
The EPA warned that the several hundred students who attend 5th Ward Elementary, about a quarter mile (0.40 kilometers) from Denka's facility, are among those who face heightened cancer risk. Air monitoring consistently shows long-term chloroprene concentrations in the air surrounding Denka's facility as high as 15 times the levels recommended ...
[7] [8] [9] Up to 755 times the safe air value of 0.2 μg/m 3 of chloroprene has been recorded at the fifth ward elementary school in close proximity to the plant. [8] The cancer risk in Reserve is 1,500 times the national average and is thought to be due to chloroprene levels. [8] Denka has replied to the reports as being not based on "sound ...
By Spring 2011 Crawford Elementary School, a campus in the Fifth Ward, and Sherman Elementary School, a campus outside of the Fifth Ward, were consolidated, with a new campus in the Sherman site. [83] As of Spring 2011 Atherton is located in the previous Concord Elementary School/North District office building. [84]
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Previously the facility was a junior high school. In 2024, most of the students were African-American. It is adjacent to a chemical plant owned by Denka Performance Elastomer. It is scheduled to close in 2025, and East St. John Preparatory School in turn is to be renamed Fifth Ward Preparatory School. [14]
Westfield Washington has elementary schools that begin with pre-kindergarten through fourth grade, then switch to a different school for fifth and sixth and a third school for seventh and eighth ...