Did You Know? A study in showed that children (predominantly Hispanics) living within 2 miles of the heavily industrialized Houston Ship Channel have a 56 percent greater risk of contracting acute lymphocytic leukemia than children living farther away — a risk that epidemiologists found was associated with some of the toxic pollutants released by petrochemical plants in the area.
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Posted on: July 31st, 2007Curation from Tomás
Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, Did You Know, Health
