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A Texas A&M project collected soil samples across cancer clusters in Greater Fifth Ward and published results for heavy ...

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The scientists found traces of toxic industrial chemicals like perfluoroalkyl substances – known as “forever chemicals” because they persist in the environment for years without breaking ...